Booker Prizewinner
The Man Booker Prize,a prestigious British literary award for fiction, assures the winner international exposure and the success that brings. This year's winner, Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantel is historical fiction at its finest. Set in Tudor England -- one of the characters complains 'there are too many Thomases" and there are --but these are no ordinary Thomases: Wolsey, Cromwell and More to name a few. There is, however, only one Henry VIII and he wants a divorce from first wife Catherine to marry Anne. In this version, it is Thomas Cromwell and not Thomas More who, emerges as "a man for all seasons"--giving this story a whole new spin. Highly recommended.