Bodies of enchanting writing

An enthralling passage, describing the execution of Anne Boleyn, from Bring up the Bodies, the third installment in Hilary Mantel's Tudor trilogy:

There is a groan, one single sound from the whole crowd. Then a silence, and into that silence, a sharp sigh or a sound like a whistle through a keyhole: the body exsanguinates, and its falt little presence becomes a puddle of gore.