Wolf Crawl 2026 #5: The ghosts are gathering
Wolf Hall: Part Two. Chapter III. Make or Mar & Part Three. Chapter I. Three-Card Trick
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 4 of Wolf Crawl runs from Monday 2 February to Sunday 8 February. The reading for this week is Wolf Hall: Part Two. Chapter III. Make or Mar & Part Three. Chapter I. Three-Card Trick.
UK Fourth Estate edition, pp. 154–197
US Picador, pp. 142–182
US Henry Holt, pp. 126-162 (guide only, editions vary)
Ben Miles audiobook, 5:45:56–7:22:56
First Line: Halloween: the world’s edge seeps and bleeds.
Last Line: ‘— sit down with the Boleyns.’
Once you have read this week’s reading, you can read or listen to my weekly post: Wolf Crawl #5: The ghosts are gathering, and join the discussion in the comments. I published this post in 2025, and the comments include discussion from both this year and last.
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