Hilary Mantel is the bestselling author of ten previous novels, including Wolf Hall, which sold more than 200,000 copies and won the 2009 Man Booker Prize. Her previous works include her novel, A Place of Greater Safety, and her memoir, Giving Up the Ghost. She lives in England with her husband.
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Hilary Mantel talks about her newest book 'Bring Up the Bodies,' the sequel to her Man Booker Prize-winning novel "Wolf Hall.' 'Bring Up the Bodies' delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn.
2009 Man Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel talks about her novel Wolf Hall and what the accolade means to her personally.
Hilary Mantel and David Starkey discuss the shared subject of their new books - Henry VIII. Filmed in location in the Upper Bell Tower in the Tower of London: the scene of John Fishers imprisonment prior to being martyred.
Hilary Mantel discusses her Man Booker Prize winning novel, Bring Up The Bodies, on NPR's Fresh Air.
Hilary Mantel discusses Bring Up The Bodies on NPR's Weekend Edition.
Listen to this audiobook excerpt from Hilary Mantel's Man Booker Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel, Wolf Hall, narrated by Simon Slater. In the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII's court, only one man dares to gamble his life to win the king's favor and ascend to the heights of political power.
WINNER OF THE 2012 MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE Named One of the 10 Best Books of the Year by The...
A dark and uproarious tale of revenge. Ten years have passed since Muriel Axon did her ma in, ten years of living in a mental asylum. But Muriel has not...
Stephen King meets Muriel Spark in Hilary Mantel's first novel. Evelyn Axona-medium by trade-and her half-wit daughter Muriel have become a social problem....
In the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII’s court, only one man dares to gamble his life to win the king’s favor and ascend to the heights of political...
New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year London, 1782: center of science and commerce, home to the...
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year It was the year after Chappaquiddick, and all spring Carmel McBain had watery dreams about the...
It is 1789, and three young provincials have come to Paris to make their way. Georges-Jacques Danton, an ambitious young lawyer, is energetic, pragmatic,...
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Colette and Alison are unlikely cohorts: one a shy, drab beanpole of an assistant, the other a charismatic,...
In postwar rural England, Hilary Mantel grew up convinced that the most improbable of accomplishments, including "chivalry, horsemanship, and swordplay," were...
When Frances Shore moves to Saudi Arabia, she settles in a nondescript sublet, sure that common sense and an open mind will serve her well with her Muslim...
Ralph and Anna Eldred are an exemplary couple, devoting themselves to doing good. Thirty years ago as missionaries in Africa, the worst that could happen did....
One dark and stormy night in 1956, a stranger named Fludd mysteriously turns up in the dismal village of Fetherhoughton. He is the curate sent by the bishop to...