by M. Bijman April 23, 2021 Discussion of writing style History of English Review of historical fiction Review of new book The downfall of Cromwell – The Mirror and the Light, by Hilary Mantel (Part 4 of 4) In the previous three posts, I looked deeper into the third and last part of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall Trilogy.Continue Reading
by M. Bijman April 16, 2021 Discussion of writing style Review of historical fiction Review of new book What is “too long”? – The Mirror and the Light, by Hilary Mantel (Part 3 of 4) In this post I continue to analyze the long and deeply nuanced historical novel, The Mirror and the Light. Previously,Continue Reading
by M. Bijman April 2, 2021 Review of new book Who is the mirror, and who is the light? – The Mirror and the Light, by Hilary Mantel (Part 2 of 4) This is a post in which I continue to analyze the impressively long and deeply nuanced historical novel, The MirrorContinue Reading
by M. Bijman March 19, 2021 Authors to watch Review of historical fiction Review of new book Complete and intense immersion – The Mirror and the Light, by Hilary Mantel Having read every single page in the 883-page long historical novel The Mirror and the Light, by Hilary Mantel, IContinue Reading