Paying tribute to the late great Dame Hilary Mantel, Kate and Cally discuss the Wolf Hall novels and their 2015 television adaptation. The series tells the story of the Tudor court through the eyes of Thomas Cromwell: his rise to power, his work for Henry VIII, and his interactions with the first four of our queens, especially Anne Boleyn.

How was Mantel able to use fiction to fill gaps in the historical record? Are her portrayals of the Tudors fair? And how has this iconic work shaped Tudor drama as a whole?

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