Wolf Hall
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Wolf Hall
| Author | Hilary Mantel |
|---|---|
| Published | 2009 |
| Pages | 653 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell, blacksmith’s son turned fixer to Henry VIII, told from the inside — the Booker-winning first volume of her trilogy, and a study of how an outsider accumulates power inside an institution that despises him. |
Where I heard about it
- A crowd-sourced X thread — in the replies to @moseskagan asking “What historical fiction should I read next? (Bonus points for something involving building or trade, rather than violence)” (the thread, April 2025); the full list is on What historical fiction should I… (tweet).
Connections
- What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
What links here
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