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Diarmaid MacCulloch

Thomas Cromwell : A Life Paperback Book

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Definitive biography of Cromwell
Overturns received interpretations
Masterclass in historical detection
Reveals foundational personalities
Comprehensive and persuasive account
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A SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, SPECTATOR, FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARThis is the biography we have been awaiting for 400 years Hilary MantelA masterpiece Dan Jones, Sunday TimesThomas Cromwell is one of the most famous or notorious figures in English history. Born in obscurity in Putney, he became a fixer for Cardinal Wolsey in the 1520s. After Wolseys fall, Henry VIII promoted him to a series of ever greater offices, and by the end of the 1530s he was effectively running the country for the King. That decade was one of the most momentous in English history it saw a religious break with the Pope, unprecedented use of parliament, the dissolution of all monasteries. Cromwell was central to all this, but establishing his role with precision, at a distance of nearly five centuries and after the destruction of many of his papers at his own fall, has been notoriously difficult.Diarmaid MacCullochs biography is much the most complete and persuasive life ever written of this elusive figure, a masterclass in historical detective work, making connections not previously seen. It overturns many received interpretations, for example that Cromwell was a cynical, secular politician without deepfelt religious commitment, or that he and Anne Boleyn were allies because of their common religious sympathies in fact he destroyed her. It introduces the many different personalities of these foundational years, all conscious of the terrifyingly...

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Binding: Paperback;752 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: BGH; Weight: 670 g; Dimensions: 196 x 131 x 34

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