Bring Up the Bodies

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historical novel literary work novel

Bring Up the Bodies is Hilary Mantel’s acclaimed historical novel that continues her Tudor-era Thomas Cromwell saga, focusing on the downfall of Anne Boleyn.

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Label	Occurrences
Bring Up the Bodies canonical	8
Bring Up the Bodies (stage play)	1
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4946344 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bring Up the Bodies
Context triple: [Hilary Mantel, notableWork, Bring Up the Bodies]

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B. Vigil of the Princes
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C. The Execution of Mary Stuart
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F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bring Up the Bodies
Target entity description: Bring Up the Bodies is Hilary Mantel’s acclaimed historical novel that continues her Tudor-era Thomas Cromwell saga, focusing on the downfall of Anne Boleyn.

A. The Girl in the Fireplace
The Girl in the Fireplace is a critically acclaimed 2006 Doctor Who episode, written by Steven Moffat, in which the Tenth Doctor encounters Madame de Pompadour through time windows aboard a futuristic spaceship.
B. Vigil of the Princes
Vigil of the Princes is a ceremonial tradition in which members of the royal family stand guard in silent watch over the coffin of a deceased monarch during their lying-in-state.
C. The Execution of Mary Stuart
The Execution of Mary Stuart is an 1895 American short silent film that dramatizes the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots and is notable for its early use of special effects.
D. House of the Blackheads
The House of the Blackheads is a richly ornamented historic guild building in Riga, Latvia, renowned for its striking Renaissance-style façade and role as a symbol of the city’s medieval mercantile past.
E. Scarlet Chamber
Scarlet Chamber is a notable underground room within Virginia’s Luray Caverns, distinguished by its richly colored mineral formations and dramatic cave scenery.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical novel ⓘ literary work ⓘ novel ⓘ
author	Hilary Mantel ⓘ
awarded	Costa Book of the Year ⓘ linked to: Whitbread Book of the Year Man Booker Prize ⓘ linked to: Booker Prize
awardYear	2012 ⓘ 2012 Costa Book Awards ⓘ linked to: Whitbread Book Award
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception	widely acclaimed ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Anne Boleyn ⓘ Henry VIII ⓘ linked to: Henry VIII of England Jane Seymour ⓘ
firstEditionFormat	hardcover ⓘ
focusesOn	downfall of Anne Boleyn ⓘ
followedByWork	The Mirror and the Light ⓘ linked to: The Mirror & the Light
followsWork	Wolf Hall ⓘ
genre	biographical novel ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation	stage adaptation of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryAward	Man Booker Prize for Fiction ⓘ linked to: Booker Prize
mainCharacter	Thomas Cromwell ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person limited ⓘ
notableFor	depiction of Anne Boleyn’s fall ⓘ portrayal of Thomas Cromwell ⓘ
originalPublisherImprint	Fourth Estate (UK) ⓘ linked to: Fourth Estate Henry Holt and Company (US) ⓘ linked to: Henry Holt and Company
pages	approximately 400 ⓘ
partOf	Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell series ⓘ linked to: Wolf Hall
publicationDate	2012 ⓘ
publisher	Fourth Estate ⓘ Henry Holt and Company ⓘ
series	Thomas Cromwell trilogy ⓘ linked to: Wolf Hall
setInCentury	16th century ⓘ
setInPeriod	Tudor period ⓘ
settingLocation	England ⓘ London ⓘ linked to: London, England royal court of Henry VIII ⓘ linked to: Court of Henry VIII
subjectMatter	English Reformation ⓘ court politics ⓘ royal marriage ⓘ treason trials ⓘ
theme	justice and manipulation ⓘ loyalty and betrayal ⓘ power and politics ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hilary Mantel → notableWork → Bring Up the Bodies ⓘ

Wolf Hall (TV series) → basedOn → Bring Up the Bodies ⓘ

Nathaniel Parker → notableWork → Bring Up the Bodies (stage play) ⓘ

linked to: Bring Up the Bodies

Hilary Mantel → notableWork → Bring Up the Bodies ⓘ

subject linked to: Mantel

The Mirror & the Light → follows → Bring Up the Bodies ⓘ

The Mirror & the Light → prequel → Bring Up the Bodies ⓘ

Giving Up the Ghost → relatedWork → Bring Up the Bodies ⓘ

Hilary Mary Thompson → notableWork → Bring Up the Bodies ⓘ

Wolf Hall → hasSequel → Bring Up the Bodies ⓘ

Peter Kosminsky → hasWorkAdaptedFrom → Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel ⓘ