Hilary Mantel Bring Up The Bodies
His children are falling from the sky. He watches from horse-back, acres
of England stretching behind him; they drop, gilt-winged, each with a
blood-filled gaze. Grace Cromwell hovers in thin air. She is silent when
she takes her prey, silent as she glides to his fist. But the sounds
she makes then, the rustle of feathers and the creak, the sigh and
riffle of pinion, the small cluck-cluck from her throat, these are
sounds of recognition, intimate, daughterly, almost disapproving. Her
breast is gore-streaked and flesh clings to her claws. During her twenties, Mantel suffered from a debilitating and painful
illness. She was initially diagnosed with a psychiatric illness,
hospitalised, and treated with antipsychotic drugs. These drugs paradoxically produced psychotic
symptoms, and as a consequence, Mantel refrained from seeking help from
doctors for some years. Finally, in Botswana and desperate, she
consulted a medical textbook and realised she was probably suffering
from a severe form of endometriosis,
a diagnosis confirmed by doctors in London. The condition and necessary
surgery left her unable to have children and continued to disrupt her
life. Continued treatment by steroids caused weight gain and radically changed her appearance.
Hilary Mantel Bring Up The Bodies
Hilary Mantel Bring Up The Bodies
Hilary Mantel Bring Up The Bodies
Hilary Mantel Bring Up The Bodies
Hilary Mantel Bring Up The Bodies
Hilary Mantel Bring Up The Bodies
Hilary Mantel Bring Up The Bodies
Hilary Mantel Bring Up The Bodies
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