Ruby Bentall's six best books

Ruby Bentall is an English actress, known for playing Minnie in Lark Rise to Candleford, Mary Bennet in Lost in Austen, and Verity Poldark in the 2015 BBC adaptation of Winston Graham's Poldark novels. One of her six best books, as shared at the Daily Express:

WOLF HALL by Hilary Mantel

I love the character of Thomas Cromwell even though he’s a terrible man.

Mantel makes you obsessed with him and you’re transported right into his world.

She is one of the best at recreating the excitement and dirt of the time.

Read about another entry on the list.

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