The Economist

Thomas Cromwell, in fact and fiction

Thomas Cromwell: A Life. By Diarmaid MacCulloch. Viking; 752 pages; $40. Allen Lane; £30. WALTER CROMWELL, father of Henry VIII’s right-hand man Thomas, lurches drunkenly through the early scenes of ...
Albuquerque Journal

Revisit the life of Thomas Cromwell in 'Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light'

The new season of “Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light” on Masterpiece premieres at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 23, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.1. It is also available to stream on the PBS app. It’s been ...
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Wolf Hall historical accuracy: Did Thomas Cromwell really love Jane Seymour?

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light gives us a look at Thomas Cromwell’s downfall, and we’re seeing that it starts with the loss of Jane Seymour. The series itself indicates that Cromwell loved Jane ...
PBS

The Fall of Thomas Cromwell

Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, and more discuss Thomas Cromwell's fall from grace. "You just start to see he just loses his magic touch." Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, and more discuss Thomas Cromwell's ...
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After Wolf Hall: What happened to Catherine Howard after Cromwell's downfall?

We met Catherine Howard in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light episode 5. Another niece of the Duke of Norfolk (Anne Boleyn was also a niece), it was clear that Norfolk was looking for a way to get ...
Yahoo

Wolf Hall and the key historical events after Thomas Cromwell's death

Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall, which came to an end on Sunday night. (BBC) Wolf Hall ended with its lead character on the precipice of death, with the executioner ready to strike his ...
Yardbarker

‘Wolf Hall’ Team Explains Cromwell’s Ending, Anne Boleyn Parallels & Why Henry Cried

[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for the Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light series finale.] Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall book trilogy puts historical figure Thomas Cromwell into a more ...
NPR

With 'The Mirror and the Light,' Mark Rylance closes the door on Wolf Hall

When last we saw Thomas Cromwell, master manipulator in Henry VIII's court, Anne Boleyn had just lost her head. The king, anxious to marry anew and secure a male heir, had soured on Anne and turned to ...
The Washington Post

As ‘Wolf Hall’ returns, questions about Thomas Cromwell remain

Mark Rylance, center, stars as Thomas Cromwell in “Wolf Hall.” In this photo from episode three, he is flanked by Tom Mothersdale, left, playing Richard Rich, and Harry Melling as Thomas Wriothesley. ...
Salon

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, ...

2012's 'Bring Up the Bodies' Named the 'Best Novel of the 21st Century'

It's not very often that a sequel manages to surpass the original. But a s The Times saw it, best-selling writer Hilary ...