Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant Born in the mid-1480s to a lowly blacksmith, Cromwell left home at eighteen to make his fortune abroad.Thomas Cromwell has long been reviled as a Machiavellian schemer who stopped at nothing in his qu
| Title | : | Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.93 (564 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802124623 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-12 |
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Editorial : Praise for Thomas Cromwell:An intelligent, sympathetic, and well researched biography.”Wall Street JournalBorman unravels the story of Cromwell’s rise to power skillfully If you want the inside story of Thomas Cromwell this is the book for you.”Weekly StandardDr. Tracy Borman has crafted an exceptional and compelling biography about one of the Tudor age's most complex and controversial figures. With expert insights based on a wealth of research, and riveting detail, she has brought Thomas Cromwell to life as never before, and achieved a fair and balanced assessment of his character and his career. Above all, her book is a joy to reada remarkable tour de force by one of our most accomplished historians.”Alison WeirExcellent. This deeply researched and grippingly written biography brings Cromwell to life, probing into his complex personality and exposes the Henrician court in all its brutal, glittering splend
Thomas Cromwell has long been reviled as a Machiavellian schemer who stopped at nothing in his quest for power. As King Henry VIII’s right-hand man, Cromwell was the architect of the English Reformation; secured Henry’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon and plotted the downfall of his second wife, Anne Boleyn; and was fatally accused of trying to usurp the king himself. But in this engrossing new biography, acclaimed British historian Tracy Borman reveals a different side to one of history’s most notorious characters: that of a caring husband and father, a fiercely loyal servant and friend, and a revolutionary who was key in transforming medieval England into a modern state.Born in the mid-1480s to a lowly blacksmith, Cromwell left home at eighteen to make his fortune abroad. He served as a mercenary in the French army, worked for a powerful merchant banker in Florence at the height of the Italian Renaissance, and became a promising young cloth merchant in the Netherla
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