![]() They’re like “Succession,” HBO’s Murdoch family send-up, except with a majestic makeover, more servants, and at least one crown. They marry history to warped family dynamics, and they’re generally quite pretty and transporting. Read the rest of the original article at Daily Mailīy Matthew Gilbert | Boston Globe | February 28, 2019 In the poll, second place went to Rosemary Sutcliff’s Roman adventure story The Eagle of the Ninth and third to Dorothy Dunnett’s The Game of Kings. The Walter Scott Prize came up with a shortlist of ten novels to celebrate its tenth anniversary. The novels were successfully adapted for TV with Claire Foy starring as Anne Boleyn, Damian Lewis as Henry VIII and Mark Rylance as Cromwell. Mantel’s second book in the saga, Bring Up the Bodies, was published in 2012 and also won the Booker Prize. Wolf Hall, published in 2009, tells the story of Thomas Cromwell’s rise to power in the court of King Henry VIII and has sold 1,027,278 copies across all print editions. The Booker Prize-winning book was voted top in a poll, just months before Mantel’s eagerly-awaited conclusion to her Tudor trilogy – The Mirror and the Light – is released. ![]() ![]() So perhaps it should come as little surprise that Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall has been named as Britain’s favourite historical novel. When it comes to royal history, you can’t beat the Tudors for scandal and intrigue – though the Windsors are putting in a spirited effort. By Eleanor Sharples | Daily Mail | January 20, 2020 ![]()
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