| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
vii, 360 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"Thomas Dunne books" -- T.p. |
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Originally published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-344) and index. |
| Contents |
The most hated man in England -- 'Make or mar' -- Daily round, common task -- A bloody season -- Shaking the throne -- In a glass darkly -- A merry widower thwarted -- Reformation and retribution -- The distant sound of conflect -- The royal neck in the yoke -- No armour agains fate -- A traitor's cry for mercy. |
| Summary |
Rising to power with Anne Boleyn's decapitation and losing his own head over the Anne of Cleves debacle, Thomas Cromwell (1485?1540) was Henry VIII's loyal hatchet man?dissolving Catholic monasteries, breaking with the pope and finding ever more loopholes to justify Henry's marital and financial whims. Hutchinson (The Last Days of Henry VIII) effortlessly explains the business side of the Tudor court in which Cromwell's legal mind excelled while giving a one-sided portrait of controversial Anne Boleyn. Of the five royal wives Cromwell knew, the pockmarked and sadly malodorous Anne of Cleves receives most of Hutchinson's meager sympathy. In spite of considerable research, the focus on Cromwell's professional life means that the man from humble beginnings still eludes readers as anything more than a petty and rapacious loan shark. |
| Subject |
Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, 1485?-1540.
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Prime ministers -- England -- Biography.
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Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- Biography.
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Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547.
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| ISBN |
9780312577940 alkaline paper |
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031257794X alkaline paper |
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