'Alas, What Shall I Do For Love?' (Part 1)

Wolf Crawl Week 10: Monday 4 March – Sunday 10 March

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Welcome to week ten of Wolf Crawl

This week, we are reading the first part of “Alas, What Shall I Do For Love? Spring 1532”. A busy Cromwell reels in two big fish and becomes indispensable to the Howards and Boleyns.

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: Making the world

4. Tangent: No country for young men

5. Theme: Divide and rule

6. Footnote: Jezebel and the wild dogs

7. Footnote: Balancing the books

8. Footnote: Two big fish

9. Quote of the week: Those days are not these days

10. Next week