Mantel Pieces : Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books by Hilary Mantel

Mantel Pieces : Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books by Hilary MantelA stunning collection of essays and memoir from twice Booker Prize winner and international bestseller Hilary Mantel, author of The Mirror and the Light In 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, 'I have no critical training whatsoever, so I am forced to be more brisk and breezy than scholarly.' This collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir from the next three

a race against the clock will become a race against time itself

How does it feel to be excluded from a religious community because of your sexuality

the nature of obsession and obsession with nature

Beneath the surface we are all connected

The sea has an enduring fascination: let Jo's tales and Richard Mills' evocative photographs transport you to the coast to rediscover the tales gathered over the centuries by its communities

the thousands upon thousands of statues

this title features essays that are suitable in today's era of spin

where he watches raw sewage being pumped into the shallows of the Irish Sea

As spring turns to summer

including Homer and Aristotle

an incarnation of its frozen woe

Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party