Before the Decade Ends, Here Are the Best Novels of the 21st Century

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (2009)

Wolf Hall is a sympathetic fictionalized account of Thomas Cromwell’s rapid rise to power in the court of Henry VIII through the death of Sir Thomas More. The novel has been named by The Observer as one of “the 10 best historical novels.”

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