His killing vein

The Haunting of Wolf Hall #17: The Map of Christendom (Part 2) / To Wolf Hall

This is a bonus post for paid subscribers to accompany the weekly discussion post of the Cromwell trilogy by Hilary Mantel. It is part of a series exploring spectral and haunting themes in the Cromwell trilogy. You can read all of them here.

    ‘I picked up a snake once. In Italy.’
    'Why did you do that?'
    'For a bet.'
    'Was it poisonous?'
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