Which 2009 novel by Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker Prize?

Which 2009 novel by Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker Prize? Wolf Hall.

Published in 2009, Wolf Hall is a historical novel about Thomas Cromwell’s rise through the court of Henry VIII. It follows Cromwell from his early life into his powerful role in Tudor government, ending around the execution of Thomas More.

The novel won the 2009 Booker Prize for Fiction, announced on 6 October 2009. Mantel later became the first woman to win the Booker twice when the sequel, Bring Up the Bodies, received the 2012 prize.

The title refers to Wolfhall, the Wiltshire seat associated with the Seymour family. A common mix-up is confusing the trilogy’s books: A Place of Greater Safety is Mantel’s earlier novel about the French Revolution, Bring Up the Bodies is the 2012 sequel, and The Mirror & the Light concludes the Cromwell trilogy in 2020.