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The Mirror & the Light
Written by Hilary Mantel
- Longlisted
- The Booker Prize 2020
- Published by 4th Estate
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Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the superb historical trilogy she began with Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies
The Mirror & the Light traces the dramatic final years of Thomas Cromwell, the blacksmith’s son from Putney who climbs to the heights of power under Henry VIII. It is the third volume of Mantel’s acclaimed trilogy, which offers a defining portrait of predator and prey, of a ferocious contest between present and past, between royal will and a common man’s vision: of a modern nation making itself through conflict, passion and courage.
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Hilary Mantel was nominated for the Booker Prize four times, winning it twice
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