Hilary Mantel
This is an unprecedented year for the Man Booker. Not only does Hilary Mantel
become the first British novelist and the first woman to win the prize
twice, she is also the first writer to win double glory with a sequel.
Bring Up the Bodies is a continuation, in effect, of the literary
project that began with Wolf Hall but expanded to become a promised
trilogy: the rehabilitation of Thomas Cromwell, fixer and eventual
victim of Henry VIII's break with Rome, and the reimagining of the Tudor
period in thrillingly close focus and startlingly immediate proseThe perceived problem with historical fiction is that it can’t change
anything. What’s done’s done, and no matter how much literary ingenuity you
bring to the game, the interest is all in the telling. Hilary Mantel, in the
course of two blockbuster novels, has stood this notion on its head. She has
restored the Tudors to the English throne, replenished their reserves of
genius and villainy, and made them so popular no one will risk toppling them
in a hurry.
Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel
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