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Name: Wolf Hall
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Author: Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall is an award‑winning historical novel by English author Hilary Mantel, published by Fourth Estate and named after the Seymour family’s seat of Wolfhall in Wiltshire. Set between 1500 and 1535, it follows Thomas Cromwell’s rapid ascent within the Tudor court of Henry VIII, up to the death of Sir Thomas More, and presents a sympathetic, biographical portrayal of this pivotal period. The novel garnered both the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2009. It is the first volume of a trilogy, followed by Bring Up the Bodies (2012) and The Mirror and the Light (2020), which together chronicle the rise and fall of Cromwell and the evolution of Tudor England.

First publish date: 2009

Genre: Historical Fiction/Medieval Historical Fiction

Authors: Hilary Mantel

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