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Hilary mantel, english writer known for her bleakly comic, socially probing novels set in a wide range of contemporary and historical milieus. The first edition of the novel was published in 1992, and was written by hilary mantel. She is also the author of a change of climate, a place of greater safety, eight months on ghazzah street, an experiment in love, the giant, obrien, fludd, beyond black, every day is mothers day, and vacant possession. Mantel then went on to win the sunday express book of the year award for her novel a place of greater safety, which was published in 1992. More people really need to get with the concept that mantel is one of the best writers in england. Hilary mantel is the bestselling author of many novels including wolf hall, which won the man booker prize and the national book critics circle award for fiction. A place of greater safety by hilary mantel those who know this author should have some familiarity with a couple of her later works in the thomas crowmwell trilogy, two works being wolf hall and bring up the bodies, which won the man booker prize in 2009 and 2012. A place of greater safety by mantel, hilary on 01031993. But a decade later, a place of greater safety was the first book mum downloaded onto her new christmas kindle. Does the electronic version of the book completely replace the paper version. As hilary mantel states in the authors note, this is a novel about the french revolution and almost all. The first edition of the novel was published in april 30th 2009, and was written by hilary mantel.
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