{"product_id":"the-mirror-the-light-hilary-mantel-exclusive-independent-bookshop-ed","title":"The Mirror \u0026 the Light, Hilary Mantel — Exclusive Independent Bookshop Ed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mirror \u0026amp; the Light, Hilary Mantel — First Edition, Exclusive Independent Bookshop Edition \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Fourth Estate, 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. 912.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Very Good. The vibrant blue cloth boards remain unbowed and strikingly bright, featuring sharply squared corners and fully intact, unoxidised gilt tooling to the spine. The binding is remarkably tight and square, suggesting the volume is unread. The text block is predominantly clean and the pages remain crisp; however, there is a small black marker remainder line near the spine-fold on the bottom text-block edge, alongside the faintest touch of uniform age-toning to the paper stock. The dust jacket is unclipped, highly glossy, and completely free of chips or significant creases, exhibiting only very trivial micro-rubbing to the extreme corner tips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This is the First Edition, First Impression of Hilary Mantel's \u003ci\u003eThe Mirror \u0026amp; the Light\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Fourth Estate in 2020. Notably, this is the \"Exclusive Independent Bookshop Edition,\" which was strictly produced for distribution to independent UK retailers. This special variant is easily distinguished by its bespoke vibrant blue cloth boards (as opposed to the standard edition's black binding) and the silver promotional roundel affixed to the front panel of the dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe copyright page displays the full number line \"1\", confirming its status as a true first printing. While unsigned copies of this specific Independent Bookshop Edition do not command the exorbitant premiums of the signed limited variants, they remain much scarcer in the secondary market compared to the standard retail first edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConcluding one of the most celebrated trilogies in modern historical fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Mirror \u0026amp; the Light\u003c\/i\u003e traces the final, precarious years of Thomas Cromwell's life. Eight years in the making, Hilary Mantel’s monumental masterpiece thrusts the reader into the bloody and treacherous climax of Henry VIII's reign. With Anne Boleyn dead and the king’s mercurial favour shifting to Jane Seymour, Cromwell, a man of common birth propelled by sheer intellect and ruthless ambition, must navigate the shifting sands of royal whims, foreign threats, and aristocratic vengeance. As the shadow of the executioner’s axe looms ever closer, Mantel offers a defining portrait of a modern nation forging itself through conflict, predator and prey, and a common man’s desperate battle against an unforgiving monarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54618583138643,"sku":"5142","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260811_132535.jpg?v=1787044176","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-mirror-the-light-hilary-mantel-exclusive-independent-bookshop-ed","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}