Conversing with the 'restless dead' – a posthumous collection of Hilary Mantel's writing illuminates her singular literary achievement
- Written by: Lisa Fletcher, Professor, University of Tasmania
Hilary Mantel’s writing career falls neatly into two periods: before and after Wolf Hall.
At the time of the novel’s publication, Mantel described her nine previous novels as a long apprenticeship for the first volume in her brilliant trilogy centred on the life of Oliver Cromwell: Wolf Hall (2009), Bring Up the Bodies (2012) and The...