Wolf Crawl 2026 #31: Never look back
The Mirror and the Light: Part One. Chapter II. Salvage (1/3)
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 31 of Wolf Crawl runs from Monday, 3 August to Sunday, 9 August. The reading for this week is the first of three parts of Part One. Chapter II. Salvage. London, Summer 1536, The Mirror and the Light.
UK Fourth Estate edition, pp. 27–77
US Picador, pp. 22–64
Ben Miles audiobook, 0:55:05–3:08:02
First line: ‘Where’s my orange coat?’
Last line: …feeling as if for the first time the beat of his own heart.
Once you have read this week’s reading, you can read or listen to my weekly post: Wolf Crawl #31: Never look back, 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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(All the episodes were recorded and released in 2025)
