Wolf Hall Free Sampler by Hilary Mantel

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Free one-chapter sampler of the Enhanced Edition of Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

The spellbinding Booker Prize winner.

‘The most gripping book you’ll ever read’ The Times
‘Dizzyingly, dazzlingly good’ Daily Mail
‘A superb epic work’ Kate Mosse, author of Labyrinth
‘Genuinely outstanding’ Independent
‘A feast’ Daily Telegraph
‘Bewitching’ Observer

This free sampler Enhanced Edition contains chapter one of Wolf Hall plus additional extras: a short video clip from a discussion between Hilary and renowned historian David Starkey, “Making it new” - an interview with Hilary about her inspirations, and regularly updated news feed. The full version of the app, containing the full text and video, is available on the store.

• Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009
• A truly great English novel and an epic work of Tudor history
• This is Hilary Mantel’s masterpiece – a novel that cements her place as one of our finest living writers

• More about Wolf Hall

In Wolf Hall, one of our very best writers brings the opulent, brutal world of the Tudors to bloody, glittering life. It is the backdrop to the rise and rise of Thomas Cromwell: lowborn boy, charmer, bully, master of deadly intrigue, and, finally, most powerful of Henry VIII’s courtiers.

• About the author

Hilary Mantel is one of our most important living writers. She is the author of eleven books, including A Place of Greater Safety, Giving Up the Ghost, and, most recently, Beyond Black, which was shortlisted for the 2006 Orange Prize.

• About the publisher

Founded by Victoria Barnsley in 1984 and acquired by HarperCollins in 2000, Fourth Estate is one of the most innovative imprints in the industry with a reputation for selecting critically-acclaimed titles such as Half of a Yellow Sun by Orange Broadband prize-winner Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale and the 2009 Man Booker Prize winner Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. Recent non-fiction successes include Bad Science by Ben Goldacre, This Mitchell and Webb Book by David Mitchell and Robert Webb and Tender Volume 1 by Nigel Slater.

• About Enhanced Editions

Founded in 2009, with the aim of helping create the future of the book, Enhanced Editions is a small team made up of experienced and passionate publishers, editors, technologists, designers and film-makers.

Our apps include titles by Nick Cave, Barack Obama, David Simon and David Eagleman, and have been featured in Apple's "Best Apps of 2009"; The Observer's "Best Cultural Apps of 2009"; and Wallpaper / Wolff Olins' "Ten Things to Change The World in 2010". Enhanced Editions also won the eConsultancy "Innovation in User Experience" award in 2009.