Unraveling Tudor Threads: Exploring Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall Trilogy, Thomas Cromwell, and Cadhay House

Tudors Dynasty

RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson

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🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In her work, Dame Hilary Mantel revealed an entirely fresh dimension of Thomas Cromwell, one that had not been brought to light before.

Next summer, a remarkable event awaits at Cadhay, where we will gather to pay homage to Hilary and her exceptional literary contributions. The occasion will not only celebrate her remarkable work but also offer a unique opportunity to delve into the intriguing life of her protagonist, Thomas Cromwell.

Today I am joined by the mastermind behind this event, David Holland. David will share some insight into Hilary that you may not have known before as well as her connection to Devon and Cadhay House. We'll discuss whether or not she chose Cromwell as her lead character and much, much more!

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0:00.0	Today, I am pleased to introduce you to the man behind the magic that will be the Wolf Hall
0:05.8	weekend coming in June 2024. David Holland. David, welcome. Yeah, hi, Rebecca. Thanks for having me.
0:13.8	Well, let's begin maybe with a short introduction. Can you tell everybody who you are and what your
0:19.6	involvement with Dame Hillary Mantle is?
0:21.8	Yeah. So I'm David Holland. I've spent half my life in publishing with Harper Collins
0:29.0	publishers, both in the UK and Australia, actually. And I retired quite early before Hillary
0:36.9	became a star, I hasten to add.
0:39.7	But I, you know, I kept up with the world of books and the Booker Prize in particularly.
0:44.5	And I have to confess that my discovery, my personal discovery of Hillary Mantel's genius came much later than most people. In fact, I confess that
0:59.4	Wolfall, the first of the trilogy, sat on my book's shelf for many years unread, can you
1:07.2	believe? So let me explain why that is the case. I, you know, I spent a life in books
1:13.2	and I worked with lots of great authors over the years, helping to market their work. And
1:20.0	Hillary came along just after I retired from Harper Collins. And but the connection was quite magical in itself because my wife and I left Australia, came back to the United Kingdom, and we lived down in Devon.
1:36.3	And for those of you who know about Hilary Mantel, she lived in this tiny little seaside town called Budley Salterton,
1:45.0	which subsequently became the venue for one of Britain's biggest literary festivals, believe it or not.
1:54.0	And Hillary was the president of the festival.
1:58.0	And in fact, I'm looking forward to attending the next festival
2:02.5	in September this year which will be will be great but um Hillary lived in Budley
2:07.2	Salterton and without me knowing that she was there my wife and I moved into
2:12.8	Budley Salterton to live for a couple of years and that time, my daughter got married and we rented the
2:21.2	Tudor Mansion, which is called Cadet House, which is just up the road from Budley-Salterton,
2:28.2	as the venue for my daughter's wedding reception. All of this conspired to produce the Wolf Hall Weekend because when I finally
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