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#4 – Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel – 2025 Best Reads
The reign of Henry VIII got messier in the second entry in Hilary Mantel’s Tudor trilogy. But Thomas Cromwell remained on top of his game. →
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#7 – Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel – 2024 Best Reads
Mantel makes Thomas Cromwell a charismatic and sympathetic figure, even if he has some undeniable rough edges. You get the sense that it took a man like him to make a nation out of England. →