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Hilary Mantel
Illustrated by Igor & Marina
Discover The Folio Society’s beautiful ‘Wolf Hall’ Trilogy collection. Hilary Mantel’s acclaimed saga, tracing Thomas Cromwell’s rise and fall, is brought to life with stunning illustrations and exceptional craftsmanship. A must-have for fans of historical fiction.
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‘I have always loved Folio books … I admire the craftsmanship, the attention to detail and the imaginative flair … Folio maintains and exceeds its own standards, and it is a pleasure and a privilege to be one of their authors.’
- Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel's ‘Wolf Hall’ Trilogy is a landmark in historical fiction, tracing the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell. The Folio Society’s edition of the trilogy is a testament to its literary and historical richness, with illustrations by world-renowned artists Igor & Marina. Their work brings Tudor England to life, from the intricacies of Cromwell’s political manoeuvres to the opulence of Henry VIII’s court.
Each volume features detailed pencil drawings, a vibrant colour frontispiece, and meticulous design elements such as gold-bordered illustrations, ribbon markers, and family trees. Bound in cloth and housed in individual slipcases, this collection is a must for lovers of historical fiction and beautiful books.
About Dame Hilary Mantel
British writer Dame Hilary Mantel was brought up in Derbyshire and Cheshire. She graduated in law from the University of Sheffield and later spent several years living in Jeddah and Botswana. She was the first woman to win the Booker Prize twice, firstly for her fictional account of Thomas Cromwell’s ascent to power, Wolf Hall, (2009, Folio 2022) and secondly for its sequel, Bring Up the Bodies (2012, Folio 2023). The third book in her trilogy, The Mirror and the Light (2020, Folio 2024), was longlisted in 2020. The trilogy won Mantel worldwide renown, but long before her immersion in the world of Tudor England, she was regarded as one of Britain’s finest novelists, short story writers and cultural critics. With A Place of Greater Safety (1992) she first explored the potential of historical fiction, but she has ranged widely, publishing Gothic novels (Beyond Black, 2005) and a book set in contemporary Saudi Arabia, for example. Her many awards include the Walter Scott Prize, a National Book Critics Circle Award and the British Academy President’s Medal. Mantel’s most recent book, Mantel Pieces (2020), collects her remarkable and incisive essays published in the London Review of Books over three decades.
About Igor & Marina
Igor & Marina are a husband-and-wife team of artists and designers, Igor Kozlovsky and Marina Sharapova. Born in Russia, they were trained at the Mukhina Academy of Art and Design in St Petersburg and have lived in the United States since 1997; at present they are based in Chicago and represented by galleries in New York, San Francisco and London. Their work is deeply influenced by European Old Master painting and the Russian icon tradition; it often combines delicately rendered figures with heavily patterned and richly coloured abstract backgrounds. Igor & Marina have organised solo exhibitions across the United States and participated in group shows worldwide.
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