Mantel Pieces: The New Book from The Sunday Times Best Selling Author of the Wolf Hall Trilogy

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The great thing about mantelscaping is that you can tweak it daily and swap in fresh flowers or accessories for a fresh new look,’ suggests Daisy Coombes.

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His touchiness, his vulnerability, his tendency to flinch from people, suggests an active sense of shame,” she concludes. Much like we dress our own faces with coordinating makeup and jewelry, the mantel is embellished with well-balanced accessories and decor. Framed antique maps are always enjoyable to look at and are a great way showcase a love of history or a passion for a particular area of the world.Candles and fresh florals or greenery are always an instant way to liven up a space and a mantel," she says. Consider height when curating your mantelscape, stack books to elevate smaller trinkets, so they don’t get lost amongst taller accessories. You can find out more about our use, change your default settings, and withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by visiting Cookies Settings, which can also be found in the footer of the site.

Mantel Pieces: The New Book from The Sunday Times Best

She doesn't come across as likeable in her interviews and this book has confirmed to me that she is mean-spirited. It's fascinating to watch her master her craft, ranging from a quizzical examination of Shere Hite's report on women and love, a biography of pop phenomenon Madonna, a wonderful piece on the last woman to be convicted under England's 18th century witchcraft laws - in the 1940s! Bring Up the Bodies, Book Two of the Wolf Hall Trilogy, was also awarded the Man Booker Prize and the Costa Book Award. It was also neat to see that Mantel has lived in a lot of the same corners of southern England as I have, such as Woking and various places around Berkshire. Any fan of Hilary Mantel is going to be particularly at home amongst this collection of "reviews, essays and pieces of memoir".There are also more personal pieces, dissecting (almost literally) her own travails with undiagnosed illness and savage surgery, and growing up with a fractured family and faith. They help us to identify popular products and understand your browsing habits so we can display relevant adverts to you. This suited Mantel perfectly; incapable of writing a dull sentence, each review or other entry In Mantel Pieces is an object lesson in the art of the essay. So if you did relish the masterworks, you'll get a satisfying top-up here, with additional coverage of Tudors and Jacobins and other characters of less prominence but much interest.