'Alas, What Shall I Do For Love?' (Part 2) / Early Mass

Wolf Crawl Week 11: Monday 11 March – Sunday 17 March

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Welcome to week eleven of Wolf Crawl

This week, we are reading the second part of “‘Alas, What Shall I Do For Love?’ Spring 1532”, and the short chapter “Early Mass, November 1532”. We go to Calais, where the king marries Anne Boleyn.

You will find everything you need for this read-along on the main Cromwell trilogy page of my website, including:

• The reading schedule

• Weekly updates, like this one

• Plot summaries for each character

• Online resources about Mantel’s writing and Thomas Cromwell

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In this week’s post:

1. This week’s story

2. This week’s characters

3. This week’s theme: Consummation

4. Tangent: ‘I do not keep heretics about my person’

5. Footnote: A fancy wicker basket

6. Footnote: Marquess of Pembroke

7. Footnote: ‘Are you going to dance?’

8. Tangent: Kingfisher Flash

9. Footnote: Calais

10. Footnote: The Theatre of Memory

11. Quote of the Week: The tide is running for him

12. Next week