Mantel, Hilary (2009) ‘Wolf Hall’, signed and lined first edition

Hilary Mantel (2009) ‘Wolf Hall’, first edition, first printing, published by Fourth Estate in the UK. Signed and lined with perhaps the best quote from the novel which sums up the book: “Some of these things are true and some of them lies… {signature]”. Signed to us in person at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Booker Prize in London in July 2018.

Condition: near fine with slight shelf wear and usual toning of paper. Corners sharp. Dust jacket with slight edge creases, but taught and without any tears. First state jacket without Booker Prize references.

Winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize, and the first novel in the Thomas Cromwell Trilogy. A landmark book in historical fiction writing. The book has been shortlisted for the Golden Booker and was judged the best Booker winner of the 2010s.

‘Wolf Hall’ has won the Man Booker Prize in 2009, National Book Critic Circle Award, and the Walter Scott Prize. The story was adapted as a TV-series by the BBC starring Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis winning the Golden Globe Award for the Best Miniseries. It was also adapted for the theatre stage as well as for Broadway. The sequel novel, ‘Bring Up the Bodies’ (2012) also won the Man Booker Prize making Mantel one of only three writers (along Peter Carey and JM Coetzee) to have won the Booker twice. The concluding book ‘The Mirror and the Light’ is forthcoming.

A landmark historical novel which managed to shape popular perception of history.