Wolf Hall followed the life of Thomas Cromwell from his impoverished beginnings as the son of a violent blacksmith, to his meteoric rise in the court of King Henry VIII.

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Wolf Hall, the first of her trilogy about Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII, has already more than doubled this week, rising from 15th to 7th on the bestseller list, while sales of the sequel, Bring Up the Bodies, rose by 69%.

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Mantel's Booker Prize-winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies chart the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, a powerful minister in the court of Henry VIII.

BBC: Hilary Mantel