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The first PB publication of the winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009, with Mantel's backlist reissued to accompany it. In England, the 1520s, Henry VIII is on the throne but has no heir; Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor; Thomas Cromwell, Wolsey's clerk. Cromwell is a briber and a bully, expertise at manipulating people and events, and his ruthless ambition will affect politics far and wide. 'Mantel's ability to pick out vivid scenes from sources and give … mehrthem life within her fiction is quite exceptional' )London Review Of Books(
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Hilary Mantel is one of our most important living writers. She is the author of eleven books, including 'A Place of Greater Safety', 'Giving Up the Ghost' and 'Beyond Black', which was shortlisted for the 2006 Orange Prize. weniger