Why is Hilary Mantel's novel Wolf Hall entitled 'Wolf Hall'?

9 discussion posts. Ken said: Does anyone know why Hillary Mantel named the Wolf Hall book Wolf Hall? read more

Wolf Hall (2009) is a historical novel by English author Hilary Mantel, published by Fourth Estate, named after the Seymour family seat of Wolfhall or Wulfhall in Wiltshire. Set in the period from 1500 to 1535, Wolf Hall is a sympathetic fictionalised biography documenting the rapid rise to power of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII through to the death of Sir Thomas More. read more

Hilary Mantel wins the Man Booker for Wolf Hall, 2009. Photograph: Rex Features "S how up at the desk" is one of the first rules of writing, but for Wolf Hall I was about 30 years late. read more