Wolf Crawl: A slow read of Hilary Mantel's Cromwell Trilogy
News: Wolf Crawl will run for a third year in 2026. To sign up, subscribe to Footnotes & Tangents and turn on notifications for “2026 Wolf Crawl” in your settings. View the 2026 reading schedule here. Read the intro post.
Welcome to the main page for the 2025 slow read of Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell trilogy: Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies, and The Mirror & the Light.
Here is an introduction to the read-along:
2025 Reading Schedule (with links to the weekly updates)
The Cast of the Cromwell Trilogy (plot summaries for every character)
Wolf Hall Further Resources (further reading, video and audio on the trilogy)
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