I’m very comfortable with the level of ambition I have for my books,” says the ubiquitous BBC talk show host, who calls ...

By James Clark “Talk to me before you believe anything!”, Thomas Cromwell (played by Mark Rylance) tells his monarch and ...

The premise of this version of British royal “herstory” is that the six ex-wives of Henry VIII have gathered in some ...

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light drew to a dramatic close on Sunday night and viewers were left saying the same thing as ...

In terms of what viewers have come to expect from a historical drama, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (BBC1, Sunday, ...

In a 2022 article in The New Yorker, writer Hilary Mantel discusses her endometriosis, which was eventually identified in her late 20s, but not before a hysterectomy. (A few years later ...

Wolf Hall, based on Hilary Mantel's award-winning novels, follows the rise of Thomas Cromwell, a character perfectly suited to Camilla’s passion for history and literature. As the founder of The ...

If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn how we test. Hilary Mantel, the author of the original trilogy, was not one to add modern twists or fantastical elements to her ...

Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light fans were left in floods of tears at the 'devastating' finale of the hit BBC show on Sunday. The decadent costume drama based on Dame Hilary Mantel's novel of ...

The BBC drama is based on Hilary Mantel's historical fiction series of the same name, with the second season charting Cromwell's (Mark Rylance) fall from grace following the execution of Anne Boleyn.