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Hilary Mantel

British writer
Also known as: Dame Hilary Mary Mantel, Hilary Mary Thompson
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Hilary Mantel (born July 6, 1952, Hadfield, Derbyshire, England—died September 22, 2022, Exeter, Devon) was an English writer known for her bleakly comic, socially probing novels set in a wide range of contemporary and historical milieus. Her most notable work was a trilogy based on the life of Thomas Cromwell: Wolf Hall (2009), Bring Up the Bodies (2012), and The Mirror & the Light (2020). Born into a working-class Roman Catholic family, Mantel attended convent...

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