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Episode 9: Bloody Chamber
Episode 9 of 15
Anton Lesser continues the long-awaited finale to Hilary Mantel's Booker-winning Thomas Cromwell series. Today: the queen's pregnancy has held, and all hope is of an heir...
Anton Lesser continues the long-awaited final book in Hilary Mantel's Booker-winning Thomas Cromwell trilogy.
August 1537: England is still healing from the wounds of the northern rebellions, but the queen’s pregnancy has held, so all hope is of an heir...
Writer: Hilary Mantel
Reader: Anton Lesser
Abridger: Katrin Williams
Producer: Justine Willett
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