Wolf Hall, A tale of political intrigue set during the reign of King Henry VIII, won the prestigious Man Booker prize for fiction.
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Booker Prizewinner Mantel Tells The Story Of Henry...
Liane Hansen talks with author Hilary Mantel, this year's winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Her novel, Wolf Hall, tells the story of the reign of England's King Henry VIII and the...
Report from England: Happy 'Ending' to Man Booker...
In England, where sniping at Booker Prize finalists is a national sport, this year's bickering was especially fierce. But last night's award of the prize to Julian Barnes' absorbing, elegant...
New In Paperback, Sept. 6-12
As summer ends, it's time for brainy reads you may have missed in hardcover. Wolf Hall, set in the court of Henry VIII, won the 2009 Booker Prize. Former nun Karen Armstrong takes on the...
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Alexander Wheelock Thayer's Life of Beethoven has long been regarded as the classic biography of Beethoven. Thayer's approach to biography was to present in chronological order the factual...
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