Wolf Hall discussion continuation thread

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Continuing the thread from Telly Addicts, just in time for episode 4

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/telly_addicts/2288038-Damian-Lewis-fans-line-up-for-Wolf-Hall-tonight?msgid=52500336#52500336

Omg that's amazing and bonkers about the excessive woad growing! Can you imagine how pissed off you'd be if you had just made plans for a massive woad farm and then that proclamation arrived?

I went to an exhibition at the National Gallery about colours so know all about ultramarine and shit. The cheapskates who use cheaper substitutes of ultramarine now have their paintings all faded. That's why some of these pictures have odd colour skies ...

And DC and I went to a workshop there too - almost all the children know about lapis lazuli, I suspect from minecraft rather than from the national curriculum.

When they synthesize purple (or was it mauve) Queen Victoria was so taken with it she dressed her entire family in purple.

That must have been a sight.

I think it was purple (IIRC, it was discovered while experimenting with iodine to create synthetic quinine), but coining "mauve" sort of branded it.

Tracy Chevalier is right, BoF is a brilliant editor. She fixed something crucial in my book but I won't say what as you would laugh.
Anyway, Wolf Hall.

I am getting justifiably grumpy as 9pm approaches in my Wolf Hall-less life. I may have to go to bed early ...

I'm watching Castle instead. Will he or won't he?

Mmm, quinine.

I was really pissed oof at 9pm last night. Especially when they only TV offerings seemed to be crap./

Watching the making of now.

I'm nearly at the end of Wolf Hall and I HAVEN'T GOT THE NEXT ONE. >

I haven't started Wolf Hall yet & I already have the next one.

Honestly this thread is so so interesting, thank you all.

Folk who grumble aboot Mn gorn to the dogs blah blah need to give their heids a wobble!

I watched the finale again this week and was struck anew by the speed of Anne's downfall.

Uptoapoint, you could read the Amazon preview of the next one while you wait.

I bought my Kindle specifically for reading Wolf Hall. Someone had given me the hardback which was totally flipping impossible for me to hold (with my tiny delicate fingers) but then it turned out you could buy both for Kindle at a knock-down rate.

If I can't get a copy from the library I'll buy a paperback, even though there is no space on the book shelves. May have to get rid of some parenting books. Our priorities are changing!

Yy dandy. She miscarried at around 15 weeks - she was executed before what would have been her EDD.

Rewatching after reading a bit more background, I do think the second pregnancy wasn't well covered - it wasn't clear to me that she was 6-7 months along with that one as one minute ".the queen had missed her courses" and the next there was blood on the floor. Could've done with a quick establishing scene of the season changing and a pregnant Anne.

If you have the Kindle edition, you can get the audiobook from Audible for £3.49 instead of £23.99. Over 24 hours-worth, though sadly not read by MR!

Oh, can you IMAGINE if it was read by MR?

Countess my knees are trembling at the very thought of that....

So does TC's family hate him? Gregory seems to imply that. I thought they like him.

(Sorry, I'm reading the book and everyone must therefore be terribly interested in where I got to and what I thought about it. )

And do you know who Gregory Cromwell ended up marrying, LordC?

Not yet ...

SHould I google?

I don't know if it's a "spoiler" or not! I assume it's well post the events of the books...

Just to lower the tone or spoil the ambiance, Mark Rylance is to play the role of the big friendly giant (The BFG) in the upcoming Steven Spielberg film. I'm rather looking forward to that.

It will presumably be in the last book - if it ever gets written!