WINNER OF THE 2009 MAN BOOKER PRIZE

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTION

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe opposes him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph? In inimitable style, Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall is "a darkly brilliant reimagining of life under Henry VIII. . . . Magnificent." ( The Boston Globe ).

希拉里·曼特尔出生在英国格罗索普市，曾于伦敦经济学院和谢菲尔德大学攻读法律。曾担任《观察家》首席电影评论家。

1992年：《更安全的地方》重现了法国大革命的恢宏场面。获得了周日快报年度小说奖。

1994年：《变温》讲述了一对传教士夫妇的故事，他们的生活因为丢失一个孩子而变得支离破碎。

1995年：《爱的考验》获霍桑登奖。

2005年：《黑暗深处》获2006年英联邦作家奖入围小说，获得2006年橘子奖提名。同年，曼特尔受封大英帝国司令勋章（CBE）。

2009年：《狼厅》获布克奖、全美书评人协会奖