In part 2 of Wolf Hall, Rupert and Charlie look at the way Hilary Mantel writes about the seismic changes occurring in England in the early 1530s. Her London is filled with Europeans - traders, artists and diplomats - and economic, financial and cultural connections with France, Germany, Holland and Italy are exploding, at the very point Thomas Cromwell is engineering a break with Rome and the turbo-charging of English sovereignty. Is this the first Brexit? Why were the monasteries dissolved? How long had Cromwell known Thomas More? Is this book fiction or history? And who lived at Wolf Hall in any case? Join Rupert and Charlie as they discuss the status of Wolf Hall, and whether it really is one of the most important books written in the last 30 years.
