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Hilary Mantel, a two-time Booker Prize winner and the author of "Wolf Hall" and "Legendary", is a collection of short stories; class gaps, social conflicts, family black holes... All kinds of problems are reflected in "Assassination"; with delicate characterization and keen observation of details, each novel in "Assassination" can evoke the hidden things behind daily life. Finally, that kind of blood-curdling fear - typical Mantel-esque Gothic style; the main short story "Killing Thatcher" was shortlisted for the BBC Short Story Award - a political fantasy show about the assassination of Margaret Thatcher; "Assassination" is a collection of short stories by British female writer Hilary Mantel published in 2014. A total of 11 short stories are included, most of which were written by Mantel at the invitation of newspapers such as The Guardian or the London Review of Books, but many of them have been selected for various "Best of the Year" short story awards. These eleven short stories have different themes and lengths: a failed ethnic integration ("Sorry to Bother You"), a chilling and "intentional homicide" traffic accident ("Winter Vacation"), a family swallowed up by the alienation of social "trends" ("Heartbeat Arrest"), and a female writer who is at a bottleneck in her career and asks how writing can interfere with life ("How Do I Recognize You"). The most eye-catching one is "The Assassination of Thatcher". The story cleverly leads readers to another possibility of history through fictional assassinations of real historical figures.

The original novel of the BBC miniseries "Wolf Hall" won two major European and American literary awards, the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. "Wolf Hall" takes the divorce case of Henry VIII and Queen Catherine as the entry point. With the loss of the Cardinal Archbishop, Queen Catherine is deposed, Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn and a series of other events... There are turmoils inside and outside the palace, which finally ends with the death of Thomas More; Cromwell carefully planned and worked step by step, and finally became the most popular minister. The novel takes Cromwell's life and the court of Henry VIII as the main lines. The two lines are intertwined, weaving a huge web that reflects the political, religious and economic landscape of England in the early 16th century.

Two-time Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel's epic masterpiece and the opening chapter of the "Tudor Trilogy" writes about the legendary life of the "godfather-like" hero Thomas Cromwell and reveals the bloody and dark palace secrets of the Tudor dynasty. The original work of the 2015 BBC six-episode miniseries "Wolf Hall" set a BBC ratings record and won the 73rd Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries and Television Movie in the United States. In this dark historical stage, everyone is in danger, and one step could lead to death. However, the protagonist Thomas Cromwell is an exception - he is cold and rational, thoughtful, and can maneuver among the monarch, the church, and the nobility with ease; he is considerate and affectionate, and treats his lovers, relatives, and friends with meticulous care and meticulous care. "Wolf Hall" takes the divorce case of Henry VIII and Queen Catherine as the entry point. With the loss of the Cardinal Archbishop, Queen Catherine is deposed, Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn and a series of other events... There are turmoils inside and outside the palace, which finally ends with the death of Thomas More; Cromwell carefully planned and worked step by step, and finally became the most popular minister. The novel takes Cromwell's life and the court of Henry VIII as the main thread, weaving a huge web that reflects the political, religious and economic landscape of England in the early 16th century.