Manuscripts

The Mirror and the Light: novel: early draft: Salvage/Wreckage: computer generated

Description: With autograph notes. Note from Hilary Mantel: "My handwritten 'TC' for the NPG. To go with his portrait for special exhibition." Also: "A Summary -- from when the project was still 2 books."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 2016 April
Call number: MN 3548
Creator: Mantel, Hilary (1952-2022)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Part I purchased from Hilary Mantel, February 2001 (Accession 2083).; Addenda purchased from Hilary Mantel, 2005 (Accession 2460).; Part II purchased from Hilary Mantel, 2009 (Accession 2606) and 2016 (CSmH_2016_273).; Part III purchased from Hilary Mantel, May 2022 (CSmH_2022_176).; Part III gifts of Gerald McEwen, May 2023 (CSmH_2023_154) and August 2025 (CSmH_2025_129).

The Mirror and the Light: novel: early draft: Salvage: computer generated

Manuscripts

The collection is comprised primarily of the manuscripts, correspondence and ephemera of Hilary Mantel. Manuscripts include short stories, interviews, lectures, scripts, articles and reviews, as well as various drafts and notes for Mantel's novels. The collection contains business letters and emails from publishers, agents, other authors, newspapers and magazines, as well as personal letters and emails from family, friends and personal fan letters. Ephemera includes photographs, audio materials and printed material, including some research material for her novels.

MN 3561

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