Bring Up the Bodies

A Complete Guide to Hilary Mantel’s Bring Up the Bodies

This guide was first published in 2024 as part of the 2024 Wolf Crawl slow read of Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell Trilogy. Read more about that read along.

#1 Falcons

Wolf Crawl #18: Pity no one

• Readers’ posts:

  • Drunk with fresh air by Andrea

  • Falcons and feathered caps by Analise Brower

#2 Crows (Part 1)

Wolf Crawl #19: Between England and Hell

• Readers’ posts:

  • Full bellies breed gentle manners by Andrea

#3 Crows (Part 2)

Wolf Crawl #20: Teeter-totter

• Readers’ posts:

  • We have no need of barbarous cuisine by Andrea

  • Caps and “Crows” by Analise Brower

#4 Angels

Wolf Crawl #21: Death is your prince

• Readers’ posts:

  • Marzipan Moon by Andrea

#5 The Black Book (Part 1)

Wolf Crawl #22: Defeat your instinct

• Readers’ posts:

  • Lean Kitchen by Andrea

#6 The Black Book (Part 2)

Wolf Crawl #23: The cutting wind

#7 The Black Book (Part 3)

Wolf Crawl #24: All in hazard

#8 Master of Phantoms (Part 1)

Wolf Crawl #25: Hunting dogs

• Readers’ posts:

  • The sweet season of the year by Andrea

#9 Master of Phantoms (Part 2)

Wolf Crawl #26: A contest of corpses

#10 Master of Phantoms (Part 3)

Wolf Crawl #27: Guilty men

#11 Master of Phantoms (Part 4)

Wolf Crawl #28: The axe in your hand

#12 Master of Phantoms (Part 5) / Spoils

Wolf Crawl #29: It is done

• Readers’ posts:

  • A fistful of Thomases by Nikki

  • Versions of Thomas Cromwell by Nikki

  • Sacred kingship in a human body by Nikki