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Wolf Hall

by Hilary Mantel · 2009

Historical Fiction · ranked #1 in category

Winner · The Booker Prize, 2009Winner · The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, 2010

Thomas Cromwell's rise in the court of Henry VIII; political intrigue rendered in extraordinary close-up prose.

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Category
Historical Fiction
First published
2009 · 2000s
Author
Hilary Mantel
Standing
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