Hilary Mantel

TALKING POLITICS by Catherine Carr

Oct 28, 202153:36Arts

In a special episode recorded in front of a live audience, Helen and David talk to Hilary Mantel about power, monarchy and political intrigue. From the Tudors to the present, from Henry VIII to Boris Johnson, from Thomas...

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