Wolf Crawl 2026 #27: Guilty men
Bring Up the Bodies: Part Two. Chapter II. Master of Phantoms (3/5)
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 27 of Wolf Crawl runs from Monday, 6 July to Sunday, 12 July. The reading for this week is the third of five sections from Part Two. Chapter II. Master of Phantoms. London, April–May 1536.
UK Fourth Estate edition, pp. 361–406
US Picador, pp. 302–339
US Henry Holt, pp. 304-341 (guide only, editions vary)
First Line: He has asked the king to keep to his privy chamber,
Last Line: …and picked their own bones clean.
Once you have read this week’s reading, you can read or listen to my weekly post: Wolf Crawl #27: Guilty men, 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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