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Hilary Mantel Says Now-Complete Trilogy Was 'The Central Project Of My Life'

Hilary Mantel signs a copy of The Mirror & the Light in London on March 4, 2020. Peter Summers/Getty Images hide caption

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Hilary Mantel Says Now-Complete Trilogy Was 'The Central Project Of My Life'

The Mirror & the Light will be the last novel in Mantel's acclaimed trilogy about King Henry VIII's powerful chief minister Thomas Cromwell. "I fold my hands. It's over to you, the reader," she says.

Hilary Mantel Says Now-Complete Trilogy Was 'The Central Project Of My Life'

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The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher

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'The Assassination Of Margaret Thatcher' And Other Stories From Hilary Mantel

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Heads tend to roll, figuratively and otherwise, in Mantel's writing. Critic Maureen Corrigan says this new short story collection — about grotesque characters in the modern world — is breathtaking.

'The Assassination Of Margaret Thatcher' And Other Stories From Hilary Mantel

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Mantel Takes Up Betrayal, Beheadings In 'Bodies'

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. Francesco Guidicini/ hide caption

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Mantel Takes Up Betrayal, Beheadings In 'Bodies'

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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.

Mantel Takes Up Betrayal, Beheadings In 'Bodies'

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History of a Pleasure Seeker

Critics' Lists: Summer 2012

Rich Reads: Historical Fiction Fit For A Queen

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.

Rich Reads: Historical Fiction Fit For A Queen

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'Wolf Hall' Sequel: Cromwell In All His Complexity
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'Wolf Hall' Sequel: Cromwell In All His Complexity

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.

'Wolf Hall' Sequel: Cromwell In All His Complexity

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Booksellers' Picks: 15 Soaring Summer Reads
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Critics' Lists: Summer 2010

Booksellers' Picks: 15 Soaring Summer Reads

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.

Booksellers' Picks: 15 Soaring Summer Reads

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