Wolf Crawl 2026 #8: Pick your prince
Wolf Hall: Part Three. III. The Dead Complain of Their Burial & Part Four. I. Arrange Your Face (Part 1/2)
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 8 of Wolf Crawl runs from Monday, 23 February to Sunday, 1 March. The reading for this week is Part Three. III. The Dead Complain of Their Burial & the first half of Part Four. I. Arrange Your Face.
UK Fourth Estate edition, pp. 272–305
US Picador, pp. 251–282
US Henry Holt, pp. 223–250 (guide only, editions vary)
Ben Miles audiobook, 10:17:16–11:30:47
First Line: The knocking at the gate comes after midnight.
Last Line: …because in the end we all come home to God.
Once you have read this week’s reading, you can read or listen to my weekly post: Wolf Crawl #8: Pick your prince, 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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