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The Real Story Behind ‘Wolf Hall’ and the Fall of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s Most Controversial Adviser
Based on Hilary Mantel's novel "The Mirror & the Light," the last installment in the acclaimed television series chronicles ...
Rags-to-riches hero or villainous torturer? The truth about Henry VIII's scheming right-hand man Thomas Cromwell
With her Wolf Hall books, novelist Hilary Mantel made Tudor bad guy Thomas Cromwell sympathetic. But as a new TV adaptation ...
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Episode 3 recap: Cromwell’s foundation begins to crack as rebellion looms and secrets surface
The Mirror and the Light episode 3, Thomas Cromwell finds himself fenced by the very strengths he once had wrapped around his ...
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Thomas Cromwell
Image: Thomas Cromwell as the Earl of Essex, painted by Hans Holbein the Younger (Getty Images) Diarmaid MacCulloch visits the brewery that Cromwell's father used to run. Diarmaid MacCulloch ...
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In the long-awaited sequel to "Wolf Hall," mortality stalks Cromwell's conscience
Here's Thomas Cromwell at New York's Frick Collection, trapped in canvas by the Tudor court painter Hans Holbein: thick fingers gripping a secret missive, thin lips curled into a truculent frown ...