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The National Razor

Hilary Mantel

  • The Women of Paris and Their French Revolution by Dominique Godineau, translated by Katherine Sharp

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Hilary Mantel whose books include A Place of Greater Safety, Giving up the Ghost and Beyond Black, is working on a new novel called Wolf Hall.

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