New Releases by Hilary Mantel

Een veiliger oord is een monumentale roman over de Franse Revolutie in drie delen: Vrijheid, Gelijkheid en Broederschap. 1789: in Frankrijk is de staatskas leeg, er heerst hongersnood en de onvrede onder de burgers neemt toe. Een revolutie is nauwelijks af te wenden. In deze explosieve sfeer treden drie jonge mannen op de voorgrond: Georges-Jacques Danton, Camille Desmoulins en Maximilien Robespierre. Als de Revolutie dan ook daadwerkelijk uitbreekt en de eerste doden vallen is de chaos compleet. In 1792 hangt de Revolutie nog maar aan een zijden draadje en is de Terreur niet meer te stoppen. Het komt tot een confrontatie tussen de onkreukbare idealist Robespierre en de pragmatische levensgenieter Danton. Desmoulins levert zijn messcherpe kritiek en raakt verpletterd in de titanenstrijd, waarvan er maar één de overwinnaar kan zijn Als geen ander kan Hilary Mantel geschiedenis zo tot leven wekken alsof je er zelf bij bent.

Hilary Mantel skriver lysende skarpt og uforutsigbart om kjønn, ekteskap, klasse, familie og sex i en samling tekster som kretser rundt kjernen i den menneskelige eksistens. Drapet på Margaret Thatcher gir norske lesere mulighet til å møte en utrolig forfatter på høyden av sitt mesterskap.Med sine to romaner om Thomas Cromwell og tudortiden har Mantel befestet sin plass som en av de aller fremste engelskspråklige forfatterne i dag. I sin siste bok tar Mantel i bruk sine legendariske evner som observatør og menneskeskildrer i en serie historier som på hver sitt vis vipper leseren fullstendig av pinnen.

En 1535, Thomas Cromwell, el hijo del herrero, está ya muy lejos de sus humildes orígenes. Como primer ministro de Enrique VIII, su fortuna ha florecido, como también la de Ana Bolena, segunda esposa del rey por cuyo amor Enrique ha roto con Roma y ha creado su propia Iglesia. Pero las decisiones del rey están provocando un peligroso aislamiento político de Inglaterra, y además Ana no ha cumplido su promesa, procurar un heredero que asegure la línea Tudor. Durante la visita de Enrique a Wolf Hall, Cromwell observa los amores del rey con la sibilina y silenciosa Jane Seymour. El ministro comprende que lo que está en juego es mucho más que el placer del rey: está en juego la seguridad de la nación. Así que a medida que despeja el camino de Enrique entre la corte y su miasma de chismes, negocia una «verdad» que satisfaga al rey y asegure su propia carrera. Pero ni ministro ni rey saldrán indemnes del teatro sangriento de los últimos días de Ana. Uno de los episodios más desconcertantes y aterradores de la historia de Inglaterra: la destrucción de Ana Bolena. Una novela absolutamente vívida y audaz acerca de la Inglaterra de los Tudor que arroja luz sobre el mundo moderno.

The New York Times bestselling collection, from the Man Booker prize-winner for Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, that has been called "scintillating" (New York Times Books Review), "breathtaking" (NPR), "exquisite" (The Chicago Tribune) and "otherworldly" (Washington Post). "A new Hilary Mantel book is an Event with a ‘capital ‘E.''"—NPR "A book of her short stories is like a little sweet treat."—USA Today (4 stars) "[Mantel is at] the top of her game."—Salon "Genius."—The Seattle Times One of the most accomplished, acclaimed, and garlanded writers, Hilary Mantel delivers a brilliant collection of contemporary stories In The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, Hilary Mantel''s trademark gifts of penetrating characterization, unsparing eye, and rascally intelligence are once again fully on display. Stories of dislocation and family fracture, of whimsical infidelities and sudden deaths with sinister causes, brilliantly unsettle the reader in that unmistakably Mantel way. Cutting to the core of human experience, Mantel brutally and acutely writes about marriage, class, family, and sex. Unpredictable, diverse, and sometimes shocking, The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher displays a magnificent writer at the peak of her powers.

A brilliant collection of short stories from the double Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies.

"She looked up and smiled. She had a face of feral sweetness, its color yellow; her eyes were long and dark, her mouth a taut bow, her nostrils upturned as if she were scenting the wind." In "How Shall I Know You?," a melancholic and ailing writer reluctantly travels east of London to give a lecture before a literary society. Mr. Simister, the organization''s secretary, lures the world-weary novelist turned biographer with promises of a modest stipend and lodging at a charming bed-and-breakfast for her trouble. Nevertheless, on that rainy day she meets Mr. Simister at the train station, she wonders why she ever agreed to come in the first place. Driving past steel-shuttered windows and Day-Glo banners, Mr. Simister takes the writer to her hotel for the evening, which turns out to be crumbling and isolated rather than picturesque. As she crosses the threshold into the dank stench of Eccles House she is faced with the feral porter, Louise, and suffers through an evening that may be more than she bargained for. From Hilary Mantel''s brilliant and darkly comic collection of contemporary stories, The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, comes a tale told with her distinctive blend of subversive wit and gimlet-eyed characterization. "How Shall I Know You?" showcases the extraordinary genius of Hilary Mantel, called one of our "greatest living novelists" (NPR).

Winners of the Man Booker Prize in 2009 and 2012. This elegantly presented double-hardback slipcased set is available for a limited time only. The perfect gift for any book lover.

A two-ebook edition of Hilary Mantel’s bestselling novels: Wolf Hall, winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009, and Bring Up the Bodies, winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012. Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, the first two instalments in Hilary Mantel’s Tudor trilogy, have gathered readers and praise in equal and enormous measure. They have been credited with elevating historical fiction to new heights and animating a period of history many thought too well known to be made fresh. Through the eyes and ears of Thomas Cromwell, the books’ narrative prism, we are shown Tudor England, the court of King Henry VIII. Cromwell is a wholly original man: the son of a brutal blacksmith, a political genius, a briber, a charmer, a bully, a man with a delicate and deadly expertise in manipulating people and events. In Wolf Hall we witness Cromwell’s rise, beginning as clerk to Cardinal Wolsey, Henry’s chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. He is soon to become his successor. By 1535, when the action of Bring Up the Bodies begins, Cromwell is Chief Minister to Henry, his fortunes having risen with those of Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife. Anne’s days, though, are marked. Cromwell watches as the king falls in love with silent, plain Jane Seymour, sensing what Henry’s affection will mean for his queen, for England, and for himself.

Falkejakt er den frittstående og dramatiske fortsettelsen på Hilary Mantels kritikerroste internasjonale bestselger og Bookerprisvinner Ulvetid. Romanen utforsker en av mest skremmende og hemmelighetsfulle episodene i engelsk historie: Anne Boleyns plutselige undergang. Hilary Mantels nye roman er som et oljemaleri som plutselig begynner å snakke, et modig og urovekkende bilde av Tudortidens England – og en enestående tekst fra en stor forfatter på høyden av sin makt.

Now a major TV seriesWinner of the Man Booker Prize 2009Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2012Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2013Shortlisted for the the Orange Prize 2009Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2009

Thomas Cromwell er bølle og sjarmør, humanist og slåsskjempe, melankoliker og politisk geni. Folk viker unna ham. Tragedien leder ham fram til Henrik 8s side. Sammen vil de bryte alle lover for å skape et nytt England. Aldri har tudortidens England stått tydeligere for oss: maktens skjønnhet og brutalitet, hofflivets redsler og gleder, hverdagens lukter og smaker. Hilary Mantel regnes som en av de viktigste nålevende engelskspråklige forfattere. Med Ulvetid har hun fått sitt store internasjonale gjennombrudd: Boken har fått en rekke store litterære priser, og lå i toppen av bestselgerlistene både i USA og Storbritannia.

The sequel to Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel''s Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller, Bring Up the Bodies delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn. The basis for the TV show on BBC and PBS Masterpiece starring Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell. Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England. When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice. At a word from Henry, Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down. Over three terrifying weeks, Anne is ensnared in a web of conspiracy, while the demure Jane Seymour stands waiting her turn for the poisoned wedding ring. But Anne and her powerful family will not yield without a ferocious struggle. Hilary Mantel''s Bring Up the Bodies follows the dramatic trial of the queen and her suitors for adultery and treason. To defeat the Boleyns, Cromwell must ally with his natural enemies, the papist aristocracy. What price will he pay for Anne''s head? Named a top 10 Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and The Washington Post

Año 1520. Inglaterra está a un paso del desastre. El rey Enrique VIII no consigue engendrar un heredero varón y quiere divorciarse de su mujer para casarse con Ana Bolena, pero el cardenal Wolsey, su principal asesor, no obtiene más que negativas del papa. En este clima de desconfianza y necesidad llega a la corte Thomas Cromwell. Su programa de reformas tiene que abrirse camino entre un parlamento que sólo vela por los intereses de sus miembros y un rey que fluctúa entre las pasiones románticas y las pulsiones asesinas.

A teenage girl sees a new side to her mother when she starts to work with her in a department store. .

De zoon van een smid, Thomas Cromwell (1485-1540), weet zich op te werken tot de belangrijkste staatsman van de Engelse koning Hendrik VIII.

‘Like Lorna Sage''s Bad Blood ... A masterpiece’ RACHEL CUSK

Charles O''Brien is a bard and a giant. The cynical are moved by his romances; the craven stirred by his tales of epic deeds. But what of his own story, as he is led from Ireland to seek his fortune beyond the seas in England?

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year It was the year after Chappaquiddick, and all spring Carmel McBain had watery dreams about the disaster. Now she, Karina, and Julianne were escaping the dreary English countryside for a London University hall of residence. Interspersing accounts of her current position as a university student with recollections of her childhood and an ever difficult relationship with her longtime schoolmate Karina, Carmel reflects on a generation of girls desiring the power of men, but fearful of abandoning what is expected and proper. When these bright but confused young women land in late 1960s London, they are confronted with a slew of new preoccupations--sex, politics, food, and fertility--and a pointless grotesque tragedy of their own. Hilary Mantel''s magnificent novel examines the pressures on women during the early days of contemporary feminism to excel--but not be too successful--in England''s complex hierarchy of class and status.

The story of three young provincials of no great heritage who together helped to destroy a way of life and, in the process, destroyed themselves: Camille Desmoulins, bisexual and beautiful, charming, erratic, untrustworthy; Georges Jacques Danton, hugely but erotically ugly, a brilliant pragmatist who knew how to seize power and use it; and Maximilien Robespierre, "the rabid lamb," who would send his dearest friend to the guillotine. Each, none older than thirty-four, would die by the hand of the very revolution he had helped to bring into being.

Trouble spirals out of control for a psychic and her personal assistant when they take up with a spirit guide and his drowned therapist after moving to a suburban wasteland.

And in the middle of it all she begins one novel, and then another, drawing on deep gifts of memory and imagination."--BOOK JACKET.

Originally published: United Kingdom: Viking, 1994.

A taut and terrifying trip into a distorting mirror--a novel as tense, immediate, and chilling as the world it depicts. "A Middle Eastern Turn of the Screw with an insidious power to grip."-Time Out

Man schreibt das Jahr 1782, und Charles O''Brien flüchtet vor dem Hunger aus Irland nach London. O''Brien ist nicht nur von außerordentlicher Gestalt, er ist auch ein Barde, ein Mann der Balladen und Geschichten, der von den alten Mythen erzählt, von irischen Königen und Feen. In London, so verspricht ihm sein Freund und Impresario Joe, wird er eine Sensation sein - in jenem fernen glänzenden London der Geschäftemacher und der Wissenschaftler. Als ''der riesige O''Brien'' bietet er sich dar, und gegen gutes Geld begaffen ihn die sensationslüsternen Massen. Unter den Besuchern ist aber auch ein Mann, dessen scharfer Blick O''Brien Angst einjagt - es ist John Hunter, der Anatom und Sezierer, für seine Experimente berühmt und fieberhaft auf der Suche nach dem Geheimnis des Lebens. Als O''Brien eines Tages entdeckt, dass er erneut anfängt zu wachsen, weiß er, dass er nicht mehr lange zu leben hat. Und inzwischen hat sich auch das Publikum einer anderen, neuesten Kuriosität zugewendet, die Einna hmen bleiben aus. Wieder erscheint Hunter. Er bietet O''Brien Geld für das Recht an seiner Leiche. Ein makabrer Wettstreit um seine Knochen beginnt... Voller Atmosphäre zeichnet Hilary Mantel die bewegenden, teils bizarr komischen Schicksale und entfaltet die Geschichten ihrer Träume. Der auf historischen Fakten beruhende, brillant gezeichnete Zusammenstoß zweier Welten - von Mythos und Machbarkeitsglauben, von Kunst und Naturwissenschaft -, ist von verblüffender Aktualität.

One dark and stormy night in 1956, a stranger named Fludd mysteriously turns up in the dismal village of Fetherhoughton. He is the curate sent by the bishop to assist Father Angwin-or is he? In the most unlikely of places, a superstitious town that understands little of romance or sentimentality, where bad blood between neighbors is ancient and impenetrable, miracles begin to bloom. No matter how copiously Father Angwin drinks while he confesses his broken faith, the level of the bottle does not drop. Although Fludd does not appear to be eating, the food on his plate disappears. Fludd becomes lover, gravedigger, and savior, transforming his dull office into a golden regency of decision, unashamed sensation, and unprecedented action. Knitting together the miraculous and the mundane, the dreadful and the ludicrous, Fludd is a tale of alchemy and transformation told with astonishing art, insight, humor, and wit.

Stephen King meets Muriel Spark in Hilary Mantel''s first novel. Evelyn Axona-medium by trade-and her half-wit daughter Muriel have become a social problem. Barricaded in their once-respectable house, they live amid festering rubbish, unhealthy smells-and secrets. They completely baffle Isabel Field, the social worker assigned to help them. But Isabel is only the most recent in a long line of people that find the Axons impossible. Meanwhile, Isabel has her own problems: a married lover, Colin. He is a history teacher to unresponsive children and father to a passel of his own horrible kids. With all this to worry about, how can Isabel even begin to understand what is going on in the Axon household? When Evelyn finally moves to def Muriel, and Muriel, in turn, acts to protect herself, the results are by turns hilarious and terrifying.