The protagonist of this novel recalls winning a bet to hold onto a snake for ten seconds, counted in German, despite it bitinghim after four.
The protagonist of this novel recalls winning a bet to hold onto a snake for ten seconds, counted in German, despite it bitinghim after four. Multiple characters in this novel repeat the mantra "Arrange your face." This novel's protagonist fashionsangel wings out of peacock feathers as a costume for his daughter to wear at a Christmas pageant. Because one character inthis novel introduces himself by saying "Call me Risley," everyone else jokingly refers to him by the nickname "Call-Me." Thisnovel begins with a gruesome scene where the main character lies barely conscious on the ground as his blacksmith father Walterrepeatedly kicks his head; as a result, its protagonist boards a ship for continental Europe. Stephen Gardiner antagonizesthe protagonist of this novel, who rises from the right-hand man of Cardinal Wolsey to a position in which he negotiates themarriages of Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour, whose family's residence titles the novel. The author of this Booker-winning,2009 novel won a second Booker in 2012 for its sequel Bringing Up the Bodies. For 10 points, name this novel about ThomasCromwell, the Âfirst in a series by Hilary Mantel.
The protagonist of this novel recalls winning a bet to hold onto a snake for ten seconds, counted in German, despite it bitinghim after four.
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