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Hilary Mantel

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Novelist, short story writer, essayist and critic.
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Historical Novels Set In the 1700s

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By Francis Spufford, Hilary Mantel, Patrick Süskind
| Five Books
What drew you, as a historical novelist, to the 1700s? In my own school history lessons, and in a lot of the historical fiction I grew up reading, there was a huge amount of focus on the Tudor and Victorian periods—yet in between those well-trodden eras, the 18th century seemed to be a bit neglected.
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After Julius by Elizabeth Jane Howard

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By Elizabeth Howard Verified, Hilary Mantel
| Pan Macmillan
From the lauded, bestselling author of The Cazalet Chronicles, After Julius is Elizabeth Jane Howard's funny yet touching story of a family brought together yet falling apart. 'A novel that commands both respect and applause' – Sunday Times It is twenty years since Julius died, but his last heroic action still affects the lives of the people he left behind. Emma, his youngest daughter, twenty-seven years old and afraid of men.
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Getting It Right by Elizabeth Jane Howard

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By Elizabeth Howard Verified, Paul Bailey, Hilary Mantel
| Pan Macmillan
Winner of the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year Award. From the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Getting It Right is a touching comedy about a young man trying desperately to come of age. Gavin – a sensitive, shy, hairdresser in the West End – is, at thirty-one, still a virgin. He's a classic late developer, and he's worried that it's getting too late to develop at all. Then, one night, Gavin finds himself at a penthouse party.
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