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

by Hilary Mantel
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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.

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.
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ISBN: 9780008429973
Authors: Hilary Mantel
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Date of Publication: 2020-10-06
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: History, Biographies & Memoirs, Creative Nonfiction
Related Topics: European History, Pop Culture, Memoir, Essays, Biography, Biography Memoir
Goodreads rating: 3.92
(rated by 1437 readers)

Description

A stunning collection of essays and memoir from twice Booker Prize–winning, international-bestseller Hilary Mantel, author of The Mirror and the Light. In 1987, when Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, 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." This collection gathers twenty reviews, essays, and pieces of memoir from the next three decades, telling the story of what happened next. Her 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, plus a brilliant examination of Helen Duncan, Britain’s last witch. There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe, and Margaret Pole, displaying the astonishing Tudor-minded insight we associate with the Wolf Hall trilogy. Her famous lecture, "Royal Bodies," which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and in our imagination. Here too are some of her LRB diaries, including her first meeting with her stepfather and a confrontation with a circus strongman. Constantly illuminating, always penetrating, and often very funny, 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.