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| Author | Hilary Mantel |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Simon Slater (2009) Ben Miles (2020) |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Publisher | Fourth Estate (UK) |
Publication date | 30 April 2009 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| 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 |
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]
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]
- ^ "Wolf Hall wins the 2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction : Man Booker Prize news". Themanbookerprize.com. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ^ "National Book Critics Circle: awards". Bookcritics.org. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ^ Skidelsky, William (13 May 2012). "The 10 best historical novels". The Observer. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ William Georgiades (4 May 2012). "Hilary Mantel's Heart of Stone". The Slate Book Review. Slate.com. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ Higgins, Charlotte (15 August 2012). "Hilary Mantel discusses Thomas Cromwell's past, presence and future". The Guardian. London. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 March 2016.