ISBN0008429979 (hardcover)
9780008429973 (hardcover)
Note (General)Introduction: Hilary Mantel -- Letter from Hilary Mantel to Karl Miller, 1987 -- American marriage, 1988 -- Letter from Mary-Kay Wilmers to Hilary Mantel, 1988 -- Bookcase shopping in Jeddah, 1989 -- Postcard from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 1989 -- John Osborne's memoirs, 1991 -- Draft of a cover caption by Mary-Kay Wilmers, 1992 -- In bed with Madonna, 1992 -- 'LRB' cover, 28 May 1992 -- On Théroigne de Méricourt, 1992 -- Postcard from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 1997 -- On Christopher Marlowe, 1992 -- Fax from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 1994 -- A Mohawk captive, 1994 -- Fax from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 1997 -- The murder of James Bulger, 1997 -- Postcard and fax from Hilary Mantel, 1999 -- On Marie Antoinette, 1999 -- Email from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 2001 -- Britain's last witch, 2001 -- Email from Hilary Mantel to the editors, 2003 -- Meeting my stepfather, 2003 -- Card and email from Hilary Mantel to the editors, 2003 -- The Hair Shirt Sisterhood, 2004 -- 'LRB' covers, 24 March 2004 and 20 April 2006 -- The People's Robespierre, 2006 -- Email from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 2005 -- On Jane Boleyn, 2008 -- Email from Hilary Mantel to the editors, 2006 -- 'LRB' cover, 9 April 2009 -- Marian devotion, 2009 -- On Danton, 2009 -- 'LRB' cover, 4 November 2010 -- Meeting the Devil, 2010 -- Email from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 2012 -- Royal bodies, 2013 -- Emails from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 2013 -- On Charles Brandon, 2016 -- Fact-checking correspondence, 2016 -- The secrets of Margaret Pole, 2017 -- Email from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 2019.
All pieces previously published in London review of books.