Wolf Crawl

Welcome to Wolf Crawl. I am your guide, Simon Haisell, and this is a year-long slow read of Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell trilogy: Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies, and The Mirror & the Light.Each week, I dive into the detail, with summaries, background, footnotes and tangents to enrich your reading. I am joined on this journey by Lucie Bea Dutton,, who delves into the archive on our behalf, and Matt Brown, who makes maps to help us find our way through Cromwell’s world.Read the full post here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit footnotesandtangents.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to Wolf Crawl. I am your guide, Simon Haisell, and this is a year-long slow read of Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell trilogy: Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies, and The Mirror & the Light.Each week, I dive into the detail, with summaries, background, footnotes and tangents to enrich your reading. I am joined on this journey by Lucie Bea Dutton,, who delves into the archive on our behalf, and Matt Brown, who makes maps to help us find our way through Cromwell’s world.Read the full post here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit footnotesandtangents.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to Wolf Crawl. I am your guide, Simon Haisell, and this is a year-long slow read of Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell trilogy: Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies, and The Mirror & the Light.Each week, I dive into the detail, with summaries, background, footnotes and tangents to enrich your reading. I am joined on this journey by Lucie Bea Dutton,, who delves into the archive on our behalf, and Matt Brown, who makes maps to help us find our way through Cromwell’s world.Read the full post here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit footnotesandtangents.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to Wolf Crawl. I am your guide, Simon Haisell, and this is a year-long slow read of Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell trilogy: Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies, and The Mirror & the Light.Each week, I dive into the details to provide summaries, background, footnotes and tangents to enrich your reading. I share the paintings, poetry and music mentioned in the books, and I provide links to help you explore more of Cromwell’s world.Read the full post here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit footnotesandtangents.substack.com/subscribe