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A little literary tourism: in search of Hilary Mantel
Shafquat Towheed, Senior Lecturer in English Hilary Mantel has been lauded for reviving the fortunes of the historical novel in English, for being the first woman writer to have won the Booker Prize twice (2009, 2012), and for selling over … Continue reading
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Tagged Booker Prize, Hilary Mantel, historical fiction
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Voices from the Past: Peterloo and New Historical Fiction
It’s exciting to hear that Hilary Mantel’s novel The Mirror and the Light will be published in March 2020. Like many thousands of historical fiction fans, I am impatient to see how she concludes her epic trilogy about the life … Continue reading
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Tagged Emma Darwin, Hilary Mantel, historical fiction, history, Jacqueline Riding, Mike Leigh, Peterloo
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