Those who knew Hilary Mantel spoke of her big heart, her “shimmering perceptiveness” and her sly take on the world around her. Here’s what to read to get to know her writing
was born in the little town of Glossop, in England’s Midlands, and grew up in two places that were even smaller: first Hadfield, Derbyshire, and then Romiley in Cheshire, where her mother had decamped with a lover who became Mantel’s stepfather and whose name she took. In her late 20s, Mantel was diagnosed with severe endometriosis, surgery for which put paid to any possibility of her having children. Her illness also, for a while, ended her marriage.
, her interests ranged far beyond Henry VIII and his many wives to take in all manner of humanity, including nuns, mediums and missionaries, as well as royal fashion, exercising control and how to find words that spoke of projecting power.Holt, Henry & Company, Inc; 192 pages; $18. HarperCollins; 208 pages; £8.99
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