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The sequel to Wolf Hall, this novel delves into the downfall of Anne Boleyn. Over three terrifying weeks, Anne is ensnared in a web of conspiracy, while Jane Seymour waits for her turn with the wedding ring.
Despite rebellion at home, traitors plotting abroad and the threat of invasion testing Henry’s regime to breaking point, Thomas Cromwell’s robust imagination sees a bright future.
London, 1782: centre of science and commerce, home to the newly rich and the desperately poor. In the midst of it all is the Giant, O'Brien, a freak of nature. He has come from Ireland to exhibit his size for money.
A memoir of childhood, ghosts (real and metaphorical), illness and family. Giving up the Ghost is Hilary Mantel's five-part autobiography where she considers how being childless influenced her writing.
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