Wolf Hall
The first of two Booker-winning novels in Hilary Mantel’s trilogy about the hazardous politics of Tudor England . Discover how she got inside Thomas Cromwell’s head, and watch her in conversation with fellow Booker-winner Pat Barker.
Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel is the author of 15 books, including A Place of Greater Safety, Beyond Black and the memoir Giving Up the Ghost.
She has also published a short story collection The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher. Her most famous work is undoubtedly her historical trilogy about the dangerous court of Henry VIII. The first two novels, Wolf Hall (2009) and its sequel Bring Up the Bodies (2012) were both awarded the Booker Prize. The final volume of the trilogy, The Mirror & the Light won the 2021 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction.
Winner The Booker Prize 2012
- By
- Hilary Mantel
- Published by
- 4th Estate
This gripping sequel to Wolf Hall is the second volume of Hilary Mantel’s remarkable trilogy charting the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell.
Other nominated books
Hilary Mantel’s comically sinister tale of wicked spirits and suburban mediums is a masterpiece of dark humour - and even darker secrets.
Hilary Mantel’s truly great novel peels back history to explore the rich intersection of individual psychology and wider politics in Tudor England.
Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the superb historical trilogy she began with Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies.