Thomas Cromwell : the untold story of Henry VIII's most faithful servant / Tracy Borman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borman, Tracy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, 1485?-1540.

Cromwell, Thomas.

Prime ministers--England--Biography.

Prime ministers.

Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547.

Great Britain.

History.

Great Britain--Court and courtiers--Biography.

Courts and courtiers.

England.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 450 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2014]

Summary:

Thomas Cromwell has captured the imagination for centuries, including recently in Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall and its stage and television adaptations. Long reviled as a Machiavellian schemer who stopped at nothing in his quest for power, in Thomas Cromwell, Tracy Borman reveals a different side of one of the most notorious figures in history: that of a caring husband and father, a fiercely loyal servant and friend, and a revolutionary who helped make medieval England into a modern state. Born in the mid-1480s to a lowly blacksmith, Cromwell left home to make his fortune abroad, serving in the French army, and working in Florence at the height of the Renaissance. Back in England, Cromwell built a flourishing legal practice, became the protégé of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and went on to become Henry VIII's top aide, where he was at the heart of the most momentous events of his time, from the Reformation to the downfall of Anne Boleyn. His seismic political, religious, and social reforms can still be felt today.

Contents:

1 'A great traveller in the world' 7

2 The Cardinal 27

3 'Not without sorow' 57

4 'Make or marre' 83

5 'The frailty of human affairs' 101

6 The King's 'Great Matter' 123

7 'The suddafne rising of some men' 135

8 'Hevy wordes and terrible thretes' 154

9 'Good master secretary' 172

10 Dissolution 185

11 'A more gracious mistress' 208

12 'The Lady in the Tower' 231

13 Rebellion 251

14 'Some convenyent punishment' 273

15 'These knaves which rule abowte the kyng' 290

16 The Flanders Mare 319

17 'Cromwell is tottering' 338

18 'Mercye mercye mercye' 349

19 'Many lamented but more rejoiced' 376.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780802123176

0802123171

OCLC:

881440733