Hilary Mantel wrote historical and literary fiction, best known for the Thomas Cromwell trilogy. Wolf Hall follows Cromwell's rise in the court of Henry VIII as the king seeks to end his marriage to Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn. Bring Up the Bodies narrows the focus to Anne's fall, while The Mirror and the Light follows Cromwell through the final phase of his power. Mantel presents Tudor politics through close third-person narration that stays near Cromwell's perceptions, making diplomacy, patronage and personal memory part of the same political world. Her prose is precise, layered and demanding without becoming archaic. Her work fits Tudor historical fiction, political historical fiction and literary biography in novel form. Read more Less
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