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Surprised By A Trilogy: Hilary Mantel On Her Tudor Saga
latimes.com 1 week, 1 day agoSo much of today’s publishing industry, especially in the categories of young adult fiction and fantasy, is interested in the three-book deal. Trilogies reign; trilogies are the norm. But when you hear that a novelist like Hilary Mantel, winner of 2009's Man Booker Prize for the novel "Wolf Hall," is extending that novel’s subject matter , the world of Henry VIII as seen by his counselor Thomas Cromwell , to three books, you may wonder, has she been bitten by the trilogy bug too? Not exactly. "The developme
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'Bodies': 'Wolf Hall' Sequel Outshines Original
npr.org 3 days, 14 hours agoThe 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.
















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