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Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies and Other Writing From the London Review of Books
Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies and Other Writing From the London Review of Books

Diverse essays revealing Mantel's sharp literary mind.

Mantel Pieces transports you into the brilliance of Hilary Mantel's thought process. As a fellow reader and history buff, you'll appreciate her incisive commentary and the personal touch in her writing. Whether she's dissecting royal figures or sharing candid memoirs, Mantel's wit and insight can make historical and cultural figures feel fresh and relevant. It's like having an intellectually stimulating conversation with a friend who happens to be an award-winning author.

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ISBN: 9780008429973
Authors: Hilary Mantel
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Date of Publication: 2020-10-06
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Creative Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs, History
Related Topics: European History, World History, Biography Memoir, Memoir, Essays, Biography, Pop Culture
Goodreads rating: 3.92
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Description

An extraordinary collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir from Hilary Mantel, the two-time Booker Prize winner and international bestseller. Beginning with Mantel’s early work for the London Review of Books in 1987, when she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, ‘I have no critical training whatsoever, so I am forced to be more brisk and breezy than scholarly,’ Mantel Pieces spans three decades of writing. Its subjects range from Robespierre and Danton, the Hite report, and Saudi Arabia (where she lived for four years in the 1980s) to the Bulger case, John Osborne, the Virgin Mary and the pop icon Madonna, as well as a brilliant examination of Helen Duncan, Britain’s last witch. There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, which display the Tudor mind we know from the Wolf Hall trilogy. Her famous lecture, ‘Royal Bodies’, on the place of royal women in society and our imagination, is included, along with some of her LRB diaries and other ephemera gathered from the archive. Mantel Pieces is an irresistible selection from one of our greatest living writers.
 

Diverse essays revealing Mantel's sharp literary mind.

Mantel Pieces transports you into the brilliance of Hilary Mantel's thought process. As a fellow reader and history buff, you'll appreciate her incisive commentary and the personal touch in her writing. Whether she's dissecting royal figures or sharing candid memoirs, Mantel's wit and insight can make historical and cultural figures feel fresh and relevant. It's like having an intellectually stimulating conversation with a friend who happens to be an award-winning author.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.