Wolf Crawl 2026 #1: So now get up
Wolf Hall: Part One. I. Across the Narrow Sea & II. Paternity
Hello and welcome to Wolf Crawl, a year-long slow read of Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell trilogy. Read the introduction to this read-along.
Week 1 of Wolf Crawl runs from Monday 5 January to Sunday 11 January. The reading for this week is Wolf Hall, Part One. I. Across the Narrow Sea & II. Paternity. It begins, “So now get up” It ends, “A black-faced imp with a trident is pricking his calloused heels.”
Page numbers and time stamps:
UK Fourth Estate edition, pages 1–33
US Picador, 3–30
US Henry Holt, 1–27
Ben Miles audiobook, 00:00:00–01:11:36
Once you have read this week’s reading, you can read or listen to my weekly post: Wolf Crawl #1: So now get up, and join the discussion in the comments.
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