Book guides by Simon Haisell
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and I write book guides to enrich your reading. These include plot and character summaries, in-depth discussion and further resources. Each guide was created to accompany a read-along with readers across the world. Explore current and upcoming slow reads here.Complete book guides
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
A 17-week guide to the first book in Mantel’s Cromwell trilogyLinks to character summaries and further reading
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Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
A 12-week guide to the second book in Mantel’s Cromwell trilogy
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andThe Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
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A 23-week guide to the third book in Mantel’s Cromwell trilogy
Links to character summaries and further reading
Bonus posts fromWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
A 50-week guide to Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace
Links to character summaries and further readingThe Siege of Krishnapur by JG Farrell
A 9-week guide to Farrell’s historical novel about the Indian Rebellion of 1857
A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel
A 20-week guide to Mantel’s novel on the French Revolution.
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
A 5-week guide to the first novel in Achebe’s Africa Trilogy
