'Show up at the desk' is one of the first rules of writing, but for 'Wolf Hall' I was about 30 years late. (Hilary Mantel)

'Show up at the desk' is one of the first rules of writing, but for 'Wolf Hall' I was about 30 years late.

Hilary Mantel

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