The Mirror and the Light

About “The Mirror and the Light”

The Mirror & The Light is a historical novel by Hilary Mantel, published in March 2020. It is the final book in her trilogy about Thomas Cromwell, a minister in the court of King Henry VIII. The novel covers the last four years of Cromwell's life, from 1536 until his execution in 1540. It is Mantel's twelfth novel and her first in almost eight years. The book received widespread critical praise and was named on 13 lists of the best books of 2020. It won the 2021 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction.