about what’s going on in the court,” says Marr. The scrutiny inflicted on a royal wife In the 1530s, people liked a “proper princess,” says Mantel. They didn’t like Catherine of Aragon ...

In this live episode of our partner podcast, Talking Politics, Hilary Mantel talks to David Runciman and Helen Thompson from our partner podcast, Talking Politics, about the politics of the Tudor ...

In Mantel’s story, they are little more than noises out of frame. The climate in court and country became so febrile in the face of these episodes because positions on them in every part of ...