Author

Publication

2020-03-05 - Fourth Estate

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Word Count

216,000 words, Guess

Page Count

864 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100007480997
  • ISBN-139780007480999
  • OCLC Control Number1126280860
  • Better World Books9780007480999
  • Open LibraryOL27944858M

Classifications

  • LCCPR6063.A438 M36 2020

Description

The Mirror & The Light is a historical novel by English writer Hilary Mantel. Following [Wolf Hall](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL464512W) (2009) and [Bring Up the Bodies](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16547664W) (2012), it is the final instalment in her trilogy charting the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, minister in the court of King Henry VIII, covering the last four years of his life, from 1536 until his death by execution in 1540. Mantel's twelfth novel, her first in almost eight years, The Mirror & The Light was published in March 2020 to widespread critical acclaim, and enjoyed brisk sales. In December 2020, Emily Temple of Literary Hub reported that the novel had made 13 lists of the best books of 2020. It won 2021 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction.

Subjects

Topics

fictionhistoryEngland, fictionliterary fictionHistorical fictionFICTION / LiteraryFiction, historical

Places

PutneyLondonCalaisTower HillShaftesburyGreat BritainTower of London

People

MaryAnnaHarstMathewEdwardSextonMartin

Times

1536-1540

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