Thomas Cromwell : the untold story of Henry VIII's most faithful servant
by Borman, Tracy (Author)
Summary
"Thomas Cromwell has long been reviled as a Machiavellian schemer who stopped at nothing in his quest for power. As Henry VIII's right-hand man, Cromwell was the architect of the English Reformation, secured Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon, plotted the downfall of Anne Boleyn, and, upon his... Full description
- 'A great traveller in the world'
- The cardinal
- 'Not without sorrow'
- "Make or marre'
- 'The frailty of human affairs'
- The king's 'great matter'
- 'The suddaine rising of some men'
- 'Hevy wordes and terrible thretes'
- 'Good master secretary'
- Dissolution
- 'A more gracious mistress'
- 'The lady in the Tower'
- Rebellion
- 'Some convenyent punishment'
- 'These knaves which rule abowte the kyng'
- The Flanders mare
- 'Cromwell is tottering'
- 'Mercye mercye mercye'
- 'Many lamented but more rejoiced'
- Epilogue : 'A man of mean birth but noble qualities.'