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Mantel pieces : Royal bodies and other writing from the London review of books

Mantel, Hilary 1952-2022 (author.).

Summary: A collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir selected from three decades of the author's contributions to the London review of books. Subjects include Robespierre and Danton, the Hite report, Saudi Arabia (where she lived for four years in the 1980s), the Bulger case, John Osborne, the Virgin Mary as well as the pop icon Madonna, and Helen Duncan, Britain's last witch. There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, Her famous lecture, 'Royal Bodies', which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. Here too are some of her LRB diaries, including her first meeting with her stepfather and a confrontation with a circus strongman. Interleaved with letters and other ephemera gathered from the archive.

Record details

ISBN: 9780008430009
ISBN: 0008430004
ISBN: 0008429979
ISBN: 9780008429973
Physical Description: 335 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Publisher: London : 4th Estate, 2020.
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

General Note:

All pieces previously published in London review of books.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Hilary Mantel -- Letter from Hilary Mantel to Karl Miller, 1987 -- American marriage, 1988 -- Letter from Mary-Kay Wilmers to Hilary Mantel, 1988 -- Bookcase shopping in Jeddah, 1989 -- Postcard from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 1989 -- John Osborne's memoirs, 1991 -- Draft of a cover caption by Mary-Kay Wilmers, 1992 -- In bed with Madonna, 1992 -- 'LRB' cover, 28 May 1992 -- On Théroigne de Méricourt, 1992 -- Postcard from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 1997 -- On Christopher Marlowe, 1992 -- Fax from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 1994 -- A Mohawk captive, 1994 -- Fax from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 1997 -- The murder of James Bulger, 1997 -- Postcard and fax from Hilary Mantel, 1999 -- On Marie Antoinette, 1999 -- Email from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 2001 -- Britain's last witch, 2001 -- Email from Hilary Mantel to the editors, 2003 -- Meeting my stepfather, 2003 -- Card and email from Hilary Mantel to the editors, 2003 -- The Hair Shirt Sisterhood, 2004 -- 'LRB' covers, 24 March 2004 and 20 April 2006 -- The People's Robespierre, 2006 -- Email from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 2005 -- On Jane Boleyn, 2008 -- Email from Hilary Mantel to the editors, 2006 -- 'LRB' cover, 9 April 2009 -- Marian devotion, 2009 -- On Danton, 2009 -- 'LRB' cover, 4 November 2010 -- Meeting the Devil, 2010 -- Email from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 2012 -- Royal bodies, 2013 -- Emails from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 2013 -- On Charles Brandon, 2016 -- Fact-checking correspondence, 2016 -- The secrets of Margaret Pole, 2017 -- Email from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 2019.