Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel History,Man Booker Prize Winner

Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel, Fourth Estate, 2009, First Edition Second Impression Winner of the Man Booker Prize in 2009, the National Book Critics Circle Award, named by The Observer as one of "The 10 best historical novels" and adapted for TV by the BBC starring Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell, this is the first book of a trilogy. Set in the period from 1500 to 1535, this is a fictionalised biography documenting the rapid rise to power of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII through to the death of Sir Thomas Moore. A First Edition Second Impression in fine condition. The binding is straight and tight, the boards clean and the lettering on the spine bright. The end papers and pages are free from marks, tears and inscriptions. The unclipped dust jacket (same jacket as the first impression), protected in a clear, removable cover is in near fine condition with a couple of scratches to the rear. Will be dispatched carefully wrapped in bubblewrap and in a cardboard box.