At the risk of self-indulgence, here is an appreciation of Mantel and her historical fiction which I was lucky enough to write for
@FT Weekend in 2020. Though given the range and richness of her writing, there will always be much, much more to say.
ft.com/content/16eeb1…There's one thing I'm still angry about on Mantel's behalf. Her 2013 LRB lecture was absolutely traduced & wilfully misrepresented by the tabloids. Years later, she was still linked repeatedly to an out-of-context phrase about Kate Middleton that was in fact subtle & sympathetic
By odd timing, I touched on this in something I wrote last week about how our imagination fashions our female royals. With thanks to
@Lucy Robarts-Arnold for a quote she - in honesty - gave me ages ago for another project. Press: Lucy is a go to expert on Mantel.
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