With an expert tour guide and a glass of prosecco in hand

....travel through five centuries of scandal, royal dramas, deaths and terrifying hauntings. Hear the stories of those who have called Hackney’s oldest house a home since it was built in 1535 by Sir Ralph Sadleir.

https://bit.ly/3RHZHt3

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I popped along to Falmer today. It's better known now as the home of our local football team (and two universities), but the original village dates back to Saxon times and at one time was part of the estate of Anne of Cleves and then Thomas Cromwell. The current church was erected in 1817, but the site is much older. Behind is a 13th century barn, one of the largest of that age still in use. #Falmer #Brighton #SouthDowns #AnneOfCleves #ThomasCromwell

"Christ, he thinks, by my age I ought to know. You don't get on by being original. You don't get on by being bright. You don't get on by being strong. You get on by being a subtle crook". - Thomas Cromwell per Hilary Mantel in Wolf Hall

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Spotted in the wild! A lovely stack of Issue 03 at the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

Link to purchase: https://bit.ly/3VxWf5i

Photo credit: Dr Elizabeth Norton

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After 68 hours spread over two months, I've reached the Epitaph of #HilaryMantel's #WolfHall trilogy about the life of #ThomasCromwell, The Mirror and the Light, read by #BenMiles.

I was amazed when Mantel revealed in a Big Weekend of Books interview with ABC RN's The Bookshelf's Kate Evans (link below) how she wrote the ending of this novel after writing the opening of the first novel, Wolf Hall, because she knew that would be the arc of her story about Cromwell.

And now, I'm at the end of her trilogy, and I feel sad about it. Partly it's a human reaction to the endpoint of Cromwell's "arc" (despite his brutal reputation). But most of all, I will miss Hilary Mantel's writing, so wonderfully voiced by Ben Miles.

So if you have a spare 68 hours, I highly recommend this unabridged audiobook adaptation. And listening to The Bookshelf Pod Extra episode!

Link to The Bookshelf episode: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-bookshelf/pod-extra-the-booker-prize-winning-author-of-the-wolf-hall-trilo/101473508

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I just finished listening the The Mirror and the Light, book 3 of Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell trilogy. Such incredible writing paired with an amazing reader in Ben Miles. If you’re thinking of getting into a good, oh, 60+ hours of stunning audio story, try this. I’m now in the period of mourning after finishing something wonderful & not wanting to start another yet. Also mourning the recent death of the author. #HilaryMantel #ThomasCromwell #WolfHall #HistoricalFiction #Histodon #Audiobook