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Mantel, Hilary Mary was born on July 6, 1942 in Glossop, Derbyshire, England.
( A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Colette and ...)
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Colette and Alison are unlikely cohorts: one a shy, drab beanpole of an assistant, the other a charismatic, corpulent psychic whose connection to the spiritual world torments her. When they meet at a fair, Alison invites Colette at once to join her on the road as her personal assistant and companion. Troubles spiral out of control when the pair moves to a suburban wasteland in what was once the English countryside. It is not long before the place beyond black threatens to uproot their lives forever. This is Hilary Mantel at her finest--insightful, darkly comic, unorthodox, and thrilling to read.
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(Paperback. Pub Date: June 2010 Pages: 531 Language: Tradi...)
Paperback. Pub Date: June 2010 Pages: 531 Language: Traditional Chinese Publisher: world vision spokesperson Publishing Co. He is not the devil. but the devil to stop him; him is unknown. but he is a born winner. The court is his arena. but sin is a source of strength; however. as long as the wrong one small step. it may be beyond redemption ... as if a ruthless arena of the court of Henry VIII. only one man dares to gamble their lives to win the favor of the king. and then rise higher and higher. and boarded the peak of power. One thousand five hundred and twenty years in England. the scourge of explosive. English King Henry VIII married Catherine queen has been more than a decade. but below-knee always without a male heir. Henry VIII began to worry. and England in the future in order to inherit the right to trigger a civil war. In this case. the court appeared a young woma...
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( Ten years have passed since Muriel Axon was locked away...)
Ten years have passed since Muriel Axon was locked away for society's protection, but psychiatric confinement has only increased her malice and ingenuity. At last free, she sets into motion an intricate plan to exact revenge on those who had her put away. Her former social worker, Isabel, and her old neighbors have moved on, but Muriel, with her talent for disguise, will infiltrate their homes and manipulate their lives, until all her enemies are brought together for a gruesome finale. Hilary Mantel's razor-sharp wit animates every page of this darkly comic tale of retribution.
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(Winners of the Man Booker Prize in 2009 and 2012. This el...)
Winners of the Man Booker Prize in 2009 and 2012. This elegantly presented double-hardback slipcased set is available for a limited time only. The perfect gift for any book lover. 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring Up the Bodies', both winners of The Man Booker Prize, in 2009 and 2012 respectively, are the first two instalments in Hilary Mantel's Tudor trilogy. They have gathered readers and praise in equal and enormous measure. They have been credited with elevating historical fiction to new heights and animating a period of history many thought too well known to be made fresh. Through the eyes and ears of Thomas Cromwell, the books' narrative prism, we are shown Tudor England, the court of King Henry VIII. Cromwell is a wholly original man: the son of a brutal blacksmith, a political genius, a briber, a charmer, a bully, a man with a delicate and deadly expertise in manipulating people and events. In 'Wolf Hall' we witness Cromwell's rise, beginning as clerk to Cardinal Wolsey, Henry's chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. He is soon to become his successor. By 1535, when the action of 'Bring Up the Bodies' begins, Cromwell is Chief Minister to Henry, his fortunes having risen with those of Anne Boleyn, Henry's second wife. Anne's days, though, are marked. Cromwell watches as the king falls in love with silent, plain Jane Seymour, sensing what Henry's affection will mean for his queen, for England, and for himself.
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( MIKE POULTON'S TWO-PART STAGE ADAPTATION OF HILARY MANT...)
MIKE POULTON'S TWO-PART STAGE ADAPTATION OF HILARY MANTEL'S ACCLAIMED NOVELS WOLF HALL AND BRING UP THE BODIES Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell novels are the most formidable literary achievements of recent times, both recipients of the Man Booker Prize. Adapted by Mike Poulton, the plays were premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre, Straford-upon-Avon, in December 2013, directed by Jeremy Herrin. This edition contains a substantial set of notes by Hilary Mantel on each of the principal characters, offering a unique insight into the plays and an invaluable resource to any theater companies wishing to stage them. Wolf Hall begins in England in 1527. Henry has been King for almost twenty years and is desperate for a male heir; but Cardinal Wolsey cannot deliver the divorce he craves. Yet for a man with the right talents, this crisis could be an opportunity. Thomas Cromwell is a commoner who has risen in Wolsey's household--and he will stop at nothing to secure the King's desires and advance his own ambitions. In Bring Up the Bodies, the volatile Anne Boleyn is now Queen, her career seemingly entwined with that of Cromwell. But when the King begins to fall in love with plain Jane Seymour, the ever-pragmatic Cromwell must negotiate within an increasingly perilous Court to satisfy Henry, defend the nation, and above all, to secure his own rise in the world.
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(A companion piece to the captivating memoir GIVING UP THE...)
A companion piece to the captivating memoir GIVING UP THE GHOST by the Man Booker-winning author, this collection of loosely autobiographical stories locates the transforming moments of a haunted childhood. This sharp, funny collection of stories drawn from life begins in the 1950s in an insular northern village 'scoured by bitter winds and rough gossip tongues.' For the child narrator, the only way to survive is to get up, get on, get out. In 'King Billy is a Gentleman', the child must come to terms with the loss of a father and the puzzle of a fading Irish heritage. 'Curved Is the Line of Beauty' is a story of friendship, faith and a near-disaster in a scrap-yard. The title story sees our narrator ironing out her northern vowels with the help of an ex-actress with one lung and a Manchester accent. In 'Third Floor Rising', she watches, dazzled, as her mother carves out a stylish new identity. With a deceptively light touch, Mantel locates the transforming moments of a haunted childhood.
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( In postwar rural England, Hilary Mantel grew up convinc...)
In postwar rural England, Hilary Mantel grew up convinced that the most improbable of accomplishments, including "chivalry, horsemanship, and swordplay," were within her grasp. Once married, however, she acquired a persistent pain that led to destructive drugs and patronizing psychiatry, ending in an ineffective but irrevocable surgery. There would be no children; in herself she found instead one novel, and then another.
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Mantel, Hilary Mary was born on July 6, 1942 in Glossop, Derbyshire, England.
Student, London School Economics. Bachelor of Jurisprudence, Sheffield University, 1973.
Former social worker. Film critic British magazine The Spectator, 1987—1991.
( MIKE POULTON'S TWO-PART STAGE ADAPTATION OF HILARY MANT...)
( A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Colette and ...)
(A companion piece to the captivating memoir GIVING UP THE...)
( In postwar rural England, Hilary Mantel grew up convinc...)
( Ten years have passed since Muriel Axon was locked away...)
(Pack of three Hilary Mantel books - Wolf Hall; Beyond Bla...)
(Winners of the Man Booker Prize in 2009 and 2012. This el...)
(Book by Hilary Mantel)
(Paperback. Pub Date: June 2010 Pages: 531 Language: Tradi...)
Daughter of Henry and Margaret Thompson, Jack Mantel (Stepfather). Married Gerald McEwen, 1972.