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

Hilary Mantel stressed she was concerned with depicting the outer world faithfully but her chief concern was her character’s ...

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 ...

MelanieHewitt61 added: ‘Hilary Mantel and Mark Rylance have broken my heart. As Cromwell fell so did my tears – and I doubt I’m alone. What a measured, beautiful dance of humanity in all its ...

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.