- Alchemists, Catholics, Clergy, Fiction
One dark and stormy night in 1956, a stranger named Fludd mysteriously turns up in the dismal village of Fetherhoughton. He is the curate sent by the bishop to assist Father Angwin-or is he?
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- unpretentiousprestige
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- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Hilary Mantel
- First published
- 1989
- Pages
- 208
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing, Holt Paperbacks, Viking Pr
- Editions
- 20
- Language
- French, Russian, English
- ISBN
- 9780786229932
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“On Wednesday the bishop came in person.”
Hilary Mantel is the two-time winner of the Man Booker Prize for her best-selling novels, *Wolf Hall*, and its sequel, *Bring Up the Bodies*—an unprecedented achievement. The Royal Shakespeare Company recently adapted *Wolf Hall* and *Bring Up the Bodies* for the stage to colossal critical acclaim and a BBC/Masterpiece six-part adaption of the novels will broadcast in 2015. The author of fourteen books, including *A Place of Greater Safety*, *Beyond Black,* and the memoir *Giving up the Ghost*, she is currently at work on the third installment of the Thomas Cromwell Trilogy. ([Source][1]) [1]: http://hilary-mantel.com/
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