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Bring Up the Bodies is a historical novel by Hilary Mantel, the sequel to her award-winning work [Wolf Hall](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL464512W) and part of her trilogy charting the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, the powerful minister in the court of King Henry VIII. This latest installment won the 2012 Man Booker Prize and the 2012 Costa Book of the Year.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Historical Fiction/Medieval Historical Fiction
Authors: Hilary Mantel
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