When I started reading the first book in this trilogy, Wolf Hall, I was a little nervous of Hilary Mantel and I wasn't sure that I was up to the task, but now I am a convert and I can't wait to get on to the third and last book. Set in the time of Henry VIII, this book covers the period of Henry's second marriage to Anne Boleyn as seen from the perspective of Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell is getting older and he has become Master Secretary and the King's go-to man whenever there is anything difficult to be done. Cromwell played a key role in fulfilling Henry's wish to have his first marriage annulled, and when Anne Boleyn failed to provide the much anticipated male heir, Cromwell is again asked to get Henry free from his marriage. When the King divorced Katherine, his first wife, she was allowed to go and live out her years in relative obscurity, as she was not accused of any personal wrongdoing, but it is very different for Anne. She is accused of adultary, i...