In a statement published on Twitter, Lewis, 51, lauded Dame Hilary’s ‘genius’, describing how she was able to envision what life was like in Tudor England.
‘The genius of @hilarymantel was to curl her fingers around the door and tip toe through the darkened corridors of the palaces and houses of Tudor England imagining the intimate moments. Her vision of Henry VIII was perfect and my privilege to play him,’ he wrote.was to curl her fingers around the door and tip toe through the darkened corridors of the palaces and houses of Tudor England imagining the intimate moments. Her vision of Henry VIII was perfect and my privilege to play him.
‘I shall dearly miss her kindness, her humour and her gentle tenacity. The indisputable genius of her words remains as some small consolation to this tragic loss.’Bill Hamilton, Dame Hilary’s agent at literary agency A.M. Heath, said it was the ‘greatest privilege’ to work with her throughout her career.
‘There was always a slight aura of otherworldliness about her, as she saw and felt things us ordinary mortals missed, but when she perceived the need for confrontation she would fearlessly go into battle.
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