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She is very plain. What does Henry see in her?' He thinks she's stupid. He finds it restful.

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Hilary Mantel
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 6
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Hilary Mary Thompson
Dame Hilary Mary Mantel
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Fear of commitment lies behind the fear of writing.
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My concern is less the monarchy as such than the attempt of a fading colonial power to hang onto grandeur.
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[Margaret Thatcher] admitted to being the daughter of her father but not the daughter of her mother!
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My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.
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