Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall (2009)

WEEK 13; MANTEL, WOLF HALL

'It is no coincidence that this brutal, sophisticated era has attracted the attentions of Hilary Mantel, whose over-arching theme has always been the battle between the weak and the strong' [Olivia Laing]

Judges
Chair: James Naughtie
Lucasta Miller
John Mullan
Sue Perkins
Michael Prodger

Shortlist

Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall (Fourth Estate)
A. S. Byatt The Children's Book (Chatto and Windus)
J. M. Coetzee Summertime (Harvill Secker)
Adam Foulds The Quickening Maze (Jonathan Cape)
Simon Mawer The Glass Room Little (Brown)
Sarah Waters The Little Stranger (Virago)

Topics:

• Power and powerlessness.
• History.
• The English Reformation.


Reviews

Complete Review has an overview. Some signficiant reviews include:

Vanora Bennett, 'Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel', The Times April 25, 2009

Claudia FitzHerbert, 'Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall' Telegraph 25 Apr 2009

Andrew Holgate, 'Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel', The Sunday Times May 3, 2009

Olivia Laing, 'The Tudors' finest portraitist yet', Observer Sunday 26 April 2009

Christopher Tayler 'Henry's Fighting Dog', The Guardian, Saturday 2 May 2009