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Mantel, Hilary, 1952-

Wolf Hall / Hilary Mantel. - London : Fourth Estate, 2010. - xxiii, 653 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Originally published: 2009.

England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. Into this atmosphere of distrust and need comes Thomas Cromwell, first as Wolsey's clerk, and later his successor.

Man Booker Prize 2009

ISBN: 9780007230204 (pbk.) : �8.99

Subjects--Personal Names:
Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, 1485?-1540 --Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--Court and courtiers--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.
Historical.

LC Class. No.: PR6063.A438

Dewey Class. No.: 823.914