Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

Yes this is a sequel to Wolf Hall. It continues where that left off, seamlessly.

There is one difference. Many critics of Wolf Hall commented that they could not always follow who was speaking - 'who is "he"?' was the universal cry. Hilary Mantell has, wonderfully sarcastically, taken this 100% on board. Now every pronoun is followed by the relevant characters name: "He, Thomas Cromwell..." etcetera. You can almost hear the footnote - "in your face, you ignorant ****s, I trust this is now clear enough for you".

Apart from that amusing aside please reference my Wolf Hall review.

As I shut the book, I realise - Good God she's only on wife number 2.