England, May 1536.  Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell emerges from the spring’s bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth . . .   Cromwell is a man with only his wits to rely on; he has no great family to back him, no private army. Despite rebellion at home, traitors plotting abroad and the threat of invasion testing Henry’s regime to breaking point, Cromwell’s robust imagination sees a new country in the mirror of the future.  But can a nation, or a person, shed the past like a skin? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780007481002 • Author: Hilary Mantel • Publisher: Fourth Estate  • Format: Paperback • Pages: 912 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 5.7 cm