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

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.

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

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All pieces previously published in London review of books.

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Essays.
Literary criticism.
Reviews.
Autobiographies.
Diaries.

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Location	Call Number / Copy Notes	Barcode	Shelving Location	Status	Due Date
Allentown Public Library	820.8 MANT (Text)	34455006740761	Adult Nonfiction 1st FL	Available	-
Bethlehem Main Library	820.8 (Text)	33062009346363	Adult Nonfiction	Available	-
Easton Main Library	820.8 M292m (Text)	31901004464220	Adult Nonfiction	Available	-

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Allentown Public Library

820.8 MANT (Text)

34455006740761

Adult Nonfiction 1st FL

Available

Bethlehem Main Library

820.8 (Text)

33062009346363

Adult Nonfiction

Available

Easton Main Library

820.8 M292m (Text)

31901004464220

Adult Nonfiction

Available

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