Wolf Hall

A Complete Guide to Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall

This guide was first published in 2024 as part of the 2024 Wolf Crawl slow read of Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell Trilogy. Read more about that read along.

#1 Across the Narrow Sea / Paternity

Across the Narrow Sea / Paternity

Mantel's Magic

#2 At Austin Friars / Visitation

At Austin Friars / Visitation

The dead before they are dead

Bonus: Have we refreshments for our visitors? by

Andrea

#3 An Occult History of Britain (Part 1)

An Occult History of Britain (Part 1)

The flash of her white cap

Bonus: An uninvited guest at the table by

Andrea

#4 An Occult History of Britain (Part 2)

An Occult History of Britain (Part 2)

Your cellar, your ghost

Bonus: Good wine keeps the chills out? by

Andrea

#5 Make or Mar / Three-Card Trick

Make or Mar / Three-Card Trick

The ghosts are gathering

Bonus: 'A little less evident appetite' by

Andrea

#6 Entirely Beloved Cromwell (Part 1)

Entirely Beloved Cromwell (Part 1)

The gallery of his mind's eye

Bonus: The Scent of Roses from the Kitchen by

Andrea

#7 Entirely Beloved Cromwell (Part 2)

Entirely Beloved Cromwell (Part 2)

The cardinal is alive

Bonus: 'We had not even finished our dinner' by

Andrea

#8 The Dead Complain of Their Burial / Arrange Your Face (Part 1)

The Dead Complain of Their Burial / Arrange Your Face (Part 1)

The dead come back

Bonus: Eat at your own risk by

Andrea

#9 Arrange Your Face (Part 2)

Arrange Your Face (Part 2)

Evil tooth

Bonus: Hungry like the Wolf by

Andrea

#10 ‘Alas, What Shall I Do For Love?’ (Part 1)

'Alas, What Shall I Do For Love?' (Part 1)

The memory burns the body

Bonus: Two Crows Inn by

Andrea

#11 ‘Alas, What Shall I Do For Love?’ (Part 2) / Early Mass

'Alas, What Shall I Do For Love?' (Part 2) / Early Mass

Bed of phantoms

Bonus: Miserable fire and nothing to drink by

Andrea

#12 Anna Regina (Part 1)

Anna Regina (Part 1)

Bonus: A great longing to eat apples by

Andrea

#13 Anna Regina (Part 2)

Anna Regina (Part 2)

The world below

Bonus: Swans and Peacocks by

Andrea

#14 Devil’s Spit / A Painter’s Eye

Devil's Spit / A Painter’s Eye

Lucifer stinks

Bonus: Come home with me to dinner by

Andrea

#15 Supremacy

Supremacy

We, the dead

Bonus: Water of Life by

Andrea

#16 The Map of Christendom (Part 1)

The Map of Christendom (Part 1)

Death on the stair

Bonus: These are carnivorous days by

Andrea

#17 The Map of Christendom (Part 2) / To Wolf Hall

The Map of Christendom (Part 2) / To Wolf Hall

His killing vein

Bonus: Farewell Party for Wolf Hall by

Andrea