The Light and the Mirror by Hilary Mantel.

Agree with winterwhite it would have been much better as two books. Large tomes tend to be off putting. For example when I was about thirteen I read War and Peace and loved it. The reason it was so accessible was that it was in three volumes. I usually read in bed and this book can definitely hurt my wrists. Saw Hilary Mantel giving an interview a couple of weeks ago and she said the readers would have demands made of them!!

Saw it for a fiver off in a local bookshop, but oh, what a doorstop! Way too heavy to read in bed.

Thank heavens for the good old Kindle for such reads.

I’ve got it on my kindle so no problems with a weighty book. I’m saving it to read on my holiday, it’s not like there will be any spoilers so I think I’m safe leaving it

Loved the first two and the TV series.

I have read parts one and two and am hoping someone might feel disposed to buy me ‘The Mirror and the Light’ for Mother’s Day. If not, I will certainly buy it myself! Can’t wait to read it.

I have it; pre-ordered by my daughter as a late birthday present and couldn't wait to collect it. It is a delight to read, the same conversational style yet threaded throughout with the ever-present danger of being part of Henry Tudor's court.

But I do get angry when I hear supermarkets selling best-sellers at reduced prices; not W H Smiths perhaps because they are booksellers, but Sainsburys were announcing it a much reduced rate over the tannoy as I walked through the other day. They did exactly the same thing when Bring Up the Bodies was published, undercutting all the small independent booksellers. I buy a lot of books, and try to avoid buying them on Amazon for the same reason.

Started it last night and am half way through ch.2.
It's too big to hold easily so won't be able to read it very continuously. Luckily the broad outline of the plot is familiar but it's very annoying. Will make an impossible paperback.
Can't think why she didn't make two books out of it.
But I do much enjoy her prose.

I've got it and can't wait to start it. Am having to finish a less interesting book for the Book Group I belong to, but I'm champing at the bit to get to grips with more of Cromwell.

I’ve got it, but haven’t started it yet. I’m finishing “Girl, woman, other” first, and then a friend has leant me “Apple Tree Yard”, which she described as “Lady Chatterly crossed with Mills and Boon.” It is too! Looking forward to starting “The Mirror and the Light” at the weekend. I’m glad you’re enjoying it.