Rags-to-riches hero or villainous torturer? The truth about Henry VIII's scheming right-hand man Thomas Cromwell
With her Wolf Hall books, novelist Hilary Mantel made Tudor bad guy Thomas Cromwell sympathetic. But as a new TV adaptation ...
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The Real Story Behind ‘Wolf Hall’ and the Fall of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s Most Controversial Adviser
Based on Hilary Mantel's novel "The Mirror & the Light," the last installment in the acclaimed television series chronicles ...
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Yes, Henry VIII really was that disgusting
This is the pungent period of life presented in the new historical ... “a great guy with his chopper”). Yet by the early 2000s, Henry VIII was once again hot property, played as a dashing ...
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The Private Life of Henry VIII
I'm your host, Kris Hensler. And tonight's film is The Private Life of Henry VIII. And we're joined by our very own Tim Zink. Tim, thanks for stopping by to hang out in the basement screening room.
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Henry VIII
Henry VIII's early military campaigns began when he joined Pope Julius II's Holy League against France in 1511. Wolsey proved himself to be an outstanding minister in his organisation of the first ...
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Sex Life of Henry VIII
author of Henry VIII and the men who made him. Why did Henry love his daily horoscopes? How did his hypochondria affect his sex life? And was he in, in fact, a bit of a prude? This episode was ...
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I quit my job as a delivery driver to be a Henry VIII impersonator. This job is my whole life, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with 24-year-old UK resident David Smith about his career as a Henry VIII impersonator ... the last years of his life, when he ordered the ...
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Henry VIII’s tapestries digitally restored for BBC’s Wolf Hall
The tapestries, which were delivered to Henry VIII in the early 1540s and depict the life of the biblical prophet Abraham, were “meticulously” restored using visual effects after filming for ...
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Henry VIII
The coronation of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon took place on Sunday 24th June 1509. The ceremony is illustrated in the mortuary roll of Abbot Islip dated 1532 in the Abbey's archives. The day ...