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Hilary Mantel was a celebrated British author, best known for her historical novels, particularly the Thomas Cromwell trilogy, which includes "Wolf Hall," "Bring Up the Bodies," and "The Mirror and the Light." Her work is praised for its intricate characterizations and rich detail, immersing readers in the complex politics of Tudor England....
Told me if I did not smell of the fire then I smelled of the frying pan.
Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall
Told me if I did not smell of the fire then I smelled of the frying pan.
High spirits are a foolish waste in those destined for the chain gang of marriage and the mill
Hilary Mantel Slicing
High spirits are a foolish waste in those destined for the chain gang of marriage and the mill
But the nation's business must go forward, and this is how: an act to give Wales members of Parliament, and make English the language of the law courts, and to cut from under them the powers of the lords of the Welsh marches.
Hilary Mantel Bring Up the Bodies
But the nation's business must go forward, and this is how: an act to give Wales members of Parliament, and make English the language of the law courts, and to cut from under them the powers of the lords of the Welsh marches.
He has always rated Anne highly as a strategist. He has never believed in her as a passionate, spontaneous woman. Everything she does is calculated, like everything he does.
Hilary Mantel Bring Up the Bodies
He has always rated Anne highly as a strategist. He has never believed in her as a passionate, spontaneous woman. Everything she does is calculated, like everything he does.
In truth you cannot separate them, your public being and your private self.
Hilary Mantel Bring Up the Bodies
In truth you cannot separate them, your public being and your private self.
crenellations, the scarlet and the pale, the airy stone and the
Hilary Mantel Bring Up the Bodies
crenellations, the scarlet and the pale, the airy stone and the
Now here is Gardiner, patting a manuscript as if it were the cheek of a plump baby: 'The king will be pleased to read this. I have called it, Of True Obedience.' 'You had better let me see it before it goes to the printer.' 'The king himself will expound it to you. It shows why oaths to the papacy are of none effect, yet our oath to the king, as head of the church, is good. It emphasises most strongly that a king's authority is divine, and descends to him directly from God.' 'And not from a pope.
Hilary Mantel Bring Up the Bodies
Now here is Gardiner, patting a manuscript as if it were the cheek of a plump baby: 'The king will be pleased to read this. I have called it, Of True Obedience.' 'You had better let me see it before it goes to the printer.' 'The king himself will expound it to you. It shows why oaths to the papacy are of none effect, yet our oath to the king, as head of the church, is good. It emphasises most strongly that a king's authority is divine, and descends to him directly from God.' 'And not from a pope.
Henry had sat up: 'I can do as it pleases me,' his monarch said. 'God would not allow my pleasure to be contrary to his design, nor my designs to be impeded by his will.' A shadow of cunning had crossed his face. 'And Gardiner himself said so.' Henry
Hilary Mantel Bring Up the Bodies
Henry had sat up: 'I can do as it pleases me,' his monarch said. 'God would not allow my pleasure to be contrary to his design, nor my designs to be impeded by his will.' A shadow of cunning had crossed his face. 'And Gardiner himself said so.' Henry
God loves us, after all; He manifests it in cancer, cholera, Siamese twins. Not all forms of love are comprehensible, and some forms of love destroy what they touch
Hilary Mantel Slicing
God loves us, after all; He manifests it in cancer, cholera, Siamese twins. Not all forms of love are comprehensible, and some forms of love destroy what they touch
Martyr More,' he says. 'The word is in Rome that he and Fisher are to be made saints.
Hilary Mantel Bring Up the Bodies
Martyr More,' he says. 'The word is in Rome that he and Fisher are to be made saints.
And indeed, who can doubt that everything would be different and better, if only England were ruled by village idiots and their drunken friends?
Hilary Mantel Bring Up the Bodies
And indeed, who can doubt that everything would be different and better, if only England were ruled by village idiots and their drunken friends?
There is only one penalty for high treason: for a man, to be hanged, cut down alive and eviscerated, or for a woman, to be burned. The king may vary the sentence to decapitation; only poisoners are boiled alive.
Hilary Mantel Bring Up the Bodies
There is only one penalty for high treason: for a man, to be hanged, cut down alive and eviscerated, or for a woman, to be burned. The king may vary the sentence to decapitation; only poisoners are boiled alive.
He thinks, strive as I might, one day I will be gone and as this world goes it may not be long: what though I am a man of firmness and vigour, fortune is mutable and either my enemies will do for me or my friends. When the time comes I may vanish before the ink is dry. I will leave behind me a great mountain of paper, and those who come after me – let us say it is Rafe, let us say it is Wriothesley, let us say it is Riche – they will sift through what remains and remark, here is an old deed, an old draft, an old letter from Thomas Cromwell's time: they will turn the page over, and write on me.
Hilary Mantel Bring Up the Bodies
He thinks, strive as I might, one day I will be gone and as this world goes it may not be long: what though I am a man of firmness and vigour, fortune is mutable and either my enemies will do for me or my friends. When the time comes I may vanish before the ink is dry. I will leave behind me a great mountain of paper, and those who come after me – let us say it is Rafe, let us say it is Wriothesley, let us say it is Riche – they will sift through what remains and remark, here is an old deed, an old draft, an old letter from Thomas Cromwell's time: they will turn the page over, and write on me.
What kind of persons writes fiction about the past?
Hilary Mantel
What kind of persons writes fiction about the past?
by the thrice-beshitten shroud of Lazarus!
Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall
by the thrice-beshitten shroud of Lazarus!
in case the dead ones rolled in late.
Hilary Mantel The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
in case the dead ones rolled in late.
"Maximilien, try to learn this truth," said Father Herivaux, "for the most part they are lazy and will evaluate you according to the consideration that you have of yourself. So make sure it is high ».
Hilary Mantel A Place of Greater Safety
"Maximilien, try to learn this truth," said Father Herivaux, "for the most part they are lazy and will evaluate you according to the consideration that you have of yourself. So make sure it is high ».
I see that both the living and the dead commute, riding their familiar trains. I am not, as you will have gathered, a person who needs false excitement, or simulated innovation. I am willing, though, to tear up the timetable and take some new routes; and I know I shall find, at some unlikely terminus, a hand that is meant to rest in mine.
Hilary Mantel The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
I see that both the living and the dead commute, riding their familiar trains. I am not, as you will have gathered, a person who needs false excitement, or simulated innovation. I am willing, though, to tear up the timetable and take some new routes; and I know I shall find, at some unlikely terminus, a hand that is meant to rest in mine.
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