Wolf Hall
Historical novel by Hilary Mantel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wolf Hall is a 2009 historical novel by English author Hilary Mantel, published by Fourth Estate, named after the Seymour family's seat of Wolfhall, or Wulfhall, in Wiltshire. Set in the period from 1500 to 1535, Wolf Hall is a sympathetic fictionalised biography documenting the rapid rise to power of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII through to the death of Sir Thomas More. The novel won both the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.[1][2] In 2012, The Observer named it as one of "The 10 best historical novels".[3]
Author | Hilary Mantel |
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Audio read by | Simon Slater (2009) Ben Miles (2020) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Historical fiction |
Publisher | Fourth Estate (UK) |
Publication date | 30 April 2009 |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 672 |
ISBN | 0-00-723018-4 |
823.92 | |
LC Class | PR6063.A438 W65 2009 |
Followed by | Bring Up the Bodies |
The book is the first in a trilogy; the sequel Bring Up the Bodies was published in 2012.[4] The last book in the trilogy is The Mirror and the Light (2020), which covers the last four years of Cromwell's life.[5]