Hilary Mantel

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Hilary Mantel

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in Glossop, Derbyshire, England, The United Kingdom
July 06, 1952

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Hilary Mary Mantel, née Thompson was born in Glossop, Derbyshire, England on 6 July 1952. She studied Law at the London School of Economics and Sheffield University. She was employed as a social worker, and lived in Botswana for five years, followed by four years in Saudi Arabia, before returning to Britain in the mid-1980s. In 1987 she was awarded the Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize for an article about Jeddah, and she was film critic for The Spectator from 1987 to 1991.

Her novels include Eight Months on Ghazzah Street (1988), set in Jeddah; Fludd (1989), set in a mill village in the north of England and winner of the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize, the Cheltenham Prize and the Southern Arts Literature Prize; A Place of Greater Safety (1992),...more


Average rating: 3.90 · 66,324 ratings · 11,609 reviews · 31 distinct works · Similar authors
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell,...
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 43,274 ratings — published 2009 — 53 editions
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas...
4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 15,057 ratings — published 2012 — 38 editions
A Place of Greater Safety
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 1,466 ratings — published 1992 — 14 editions
Beyond Black
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 1,895 ratings — published 2005 — 20 editions
Wolf Hall / Bring Up the Bo...
4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 505 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
Fludd
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 670 ratings — published 1989 — 14 editions
A Change Of Climate
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 497 ratings — published 1994 — 16 editions
An Experiment in Love
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 524 ratings — published 1995 — 14 editions
Giving Up the Ghost
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 412 ratings — published 2003 — 14 editions
Eight Months On Ghazzah Street
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 439 ratings — published 1988 — 9 editions
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"Her Favorite Books About the Tudors: Experience Henry VIII's court in the Wolf Hall follow-up, Bring Up the Bodies, and try these works that chronicle the 16th century." ...More

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“Some of these things are true and some of them lies. But they are all good stories.”
Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall

“If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to ­music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be patient.”
Hilary Mantel

“It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires.”
Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall

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What would you like to read for June's group read? The theme is royalty.

The Princess Bride The Princess Bride by William Goldman
 
  47 votes 34.3%

The Winter Sea The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
 
  15 votes 10.9%

A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
 
  14 votes 10.2%

Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
 
  14 votes 10.2%

The Memoirs Of Cleopatra The Memoirs Of Cleopatra by Margaret George
 
  10 votes 7.3%

Elizabeth the Queen  The Life of a Modern Monarch Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith
 
  10 votes 7.3%

The Emperor of All Maladies The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
 
  9 votes 6.6%

Captive Queen  A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir
 
  9 votes 6.6%

The Prince of Tides The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
 
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