Hilary Mantel

Books by Hilary Mantel

A Place of Greater Safety

by Hilary Mantel
- Paperback, 749 pages
Wolf Hall

by Hilary Mantel
- Paperback, 604 pages
Bring Up The Bodies

by Hilary Mantel
- Paperback, 432 pages
The Tortoise and the Hare

by Elizabeth Jenkins, Hilary Mantel et al.
- Paperback, 269 pages

Hilary Mantel has written books about:

NPR stories about Hilary Mantel

New In Paperback

May 6-12: An Apocalypse, A Trip To Malawi And Anne Boleyn

May 06, 201311:19 AM

In softcover fiction, Hilary Mantel imagines Anne Boleyn's downfall, Martin Amis satirizes England, Paul Theroux sends a narrator back to the village he volunteered in, and Peter Heller depicts a post-apocalyptic life. In nonfiction, Robert Caro continues his LBJ biography.

Best Books Of 2012

Time Passages: The Year's Best Historical Fiction

by Mary Sharratt

December 06, 2012 7:00 AM

To bring the past to life and make it matter, historical fiction must do more than conjure up an exotic backdrop for a conventional story. These six books challenge our preconceptions and help show how the past shaped the world we live in today.

Author Interviews

Mantel Takes Up Betrayal, Beheadings In 'Bodies'

November 26, 201210:42 AM

Hilary Mantel is the first woman to win the Man Booker Prize twice, first for her 2009 novel, Wolf Hall, and now for that book's 2012 sequel, Bring Up the Bodies. The novels are part of a historical fiction trilogy about Tudor England and the events surrounding the reign of King Henry VIII.

Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall won both the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. The sequel, Bring Up the Bodies, won this year's Man Booker Prize.

Critics' Lists: Summer 2012

Rich Reads: Historical Fiction Fit For A Queen

by Madeline Miller

June 23, 2012 6:23 AM

These five books will give you literary jet lag — a yearning to linger in the world of the author's imagination, and a reluctance to return to your own. The research is so deep it becomes invisible, and these writers are trusted guides, gently nudging and leading you through each tale.

Book Reviews

'Bodies': 'Wolf Hall' Sequel Outshines Original

by Michael Schaub

May 23, 2012 7:00 AM

The second novel in Hilary Mantel's trilogy positions Thomas Cromwell as Henry VIII's trusted consigliere and a specialist at getting unwanted wives out of the way. But if the machinations in Bring Up the Bodies are of the cruelest kind, Mantel's language couldn't be more sublime.

Author Interviews

'Wolf Hall' Sequel: Cromwell In All His Complexity

by NPR Staff

May 06, 201210:19 AM

Hilary Mantel's new book, Bring Up the Bodies, is the sequel to Wolf Hall, which won worldwide acclaim. It is also the latest in a planned trilogy about Thomas Cromwell. Historically, the royal adviser is considered an unscrupulous bully. In Mantel's books, he is — like any other man — much more than his reputation.

Three Books...

Heads Will Roll: Three Bastille Day Reads

by Penelope Rowlands

July 14, 2011 7:00 AM

Today France celebrates Bastille Day, commemorating one of the best-known events of the 1789 Revolution. Author Penelope Rowlands gives those unfamiliar with the French Revolution a reality check with these three accounts that give new meaning to the term c'est la vie.

Mermaid sculpture in a fountain at Place de la Concorde in Paris.

New In Paperback

New In Paperback, Sept. 6-12

by Charlotte Abbott

September 09, 2010 7:00 AM

As summer ends, it's time for brainy reads you may have missed in hardcover. Wolf Hall, set in the court of Henry VIII, won the 2009 Booker Prize. Former nun Karen Armstrong takes on the atheists in The Case for God. Barbara Ehrenreich pops the bubble of American optimism with her usual wit — and more.

Critics' Lists: Summer 2010

Booksellers' Picks: 15 Soaring Summer Reads

by Susan Stamberg

May 29, 2010 9:00 AM

Susan Stamberg gathers recommendations from booksellers Rona Brinlee, Lucia Silva and Daniel Goldin. Their selections for summertime reading include books about small-town America, a polygamist father in over his head, and a postmistress in New England during World War II.

Business

Judge: Unredeemed Borders Gift Cards Are Worthless

Customers walk out of a Borders Bookstore on July 22, 2011 in San Francisco, Calif., as the chain began liquidating.

Author Interviews

Fictional 'Mothers' Reveal Facts Of A Painful Adoption Process

Books

Book News: Newly Found Pearl Buck Novel To Be Published This Fall

At her desk in the study of her Philadelphia townhouse in 1967, Pearl Buck looks at a bound volume of the magazine Asia from 1925 that contained her first published work.

Book Reviews

A Different Kind Of Immigrant Experience In 'Americanah'

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Hilary Mantel

Books by Hilary Mantel

A Place of Greater Safety

Wolf Hall

Bring Up The Bodies

The Tortoise and the Hare

Hilary Mantel has written books about:

NPR stories about Hilary Mantel

New In Paperback

May 6-12: An Apocalypse, A Trip To Malawi And Anne Boleyn

Best Books Of 2012

Time Passages: The Year's Best Historical Fiction

Author Interviews

Mantel Takes Up Betrayal, Beheadings In 'Bodies'

Critics' Lists: Summer 2012

Rich Reads: Historical Fiction Fit For A Queen

Book Reviews

'Bodies': 'Wolf Hall' Sequel Outshines Original

Author Interviews

'Wolf Hall' Sequel: Cromwell In All His Complexity

Three Books...

Heads Will Roll: Three Bastille Day Reads

New In Paperback

New In Paperback, Sept. 6-12

Critics' Lists: Summer 2010

Booksellers' Picks: 15 Soaring Summer Reads

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Judge: Unredeemed Borders Gift Cards Are Worthless

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Fictional 'Mothers' Reveal Facts Of A Painful Adoption Process

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A Different Kind Of Immigrant Experience In 'Americanah'

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