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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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 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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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 ...