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Robert Hutchinson has established himself as a great popular historian Thomas Cromwell (distant ancestor of Oliver) is a third 'terrible Tudor' and Hutchinson tells the story with grisly relish Paperback edition of The Last Days of Henry VIII has been reprinted three times and Elizabeth's Spy Master has been reprinted twice 'Gripping... Hutchinson tells his story with infectious relish and vividly evokes the politics and personalities of this extraordinary decade' Anne Somerset, Literary Review 'Hutchinson tell's the horrible story admirably and compellingly, acknowledging Cromwell's rare abilities, while making no excuses for his character' Allan Massie, Observer

About the Author

Robert Hutchinson was defence correspondent for the Press Association 1976-83 before moving to Jane's Information Group to launch JANE'S DEFENCE WEEKLY. He is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and a contributing author to THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE REFORMATION.

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"This brillaint biography gives a vivid and utterly chilling account of this fascinating but deadly man" Good Book Guide

Rising to power with Anne Boleyn's decapitation and losing his own head over the Anne of Cleves debacle, Thomas Cromwell (1485-1540) was Henry VIII's loyal hatchet man-dissolving Catholic monasteries, breaking with the pope and finding ever more loopholes to justify Henry's marital and financial whims. Hutchinson (The Last Days of Henry VIII) effortlessly explains the business side of the Tudor court in which Cromwell's legal mind excelled while giving a one-sided portrait of controversial Anne Boleyn. Of the five royal wives Cromwell knew, the "pockmarked and sadly malodorous" Anne of Cleves receives most of Hutchinson's meager sympathy. In spite of considerable research, the focus on Cromwell's professional life means that the man from humble beginnings still eludes readers as anything more than a petty and "rapacious loan shark." Unlike contemporaries More and Cranmer, Cromwell seems uninterested in religion, friends or family. But those more interested in the nuts and bolts of Henry's court rather than the monarch's soap opera antics will find this a welcome respite from fictionalized Tudor drama. 8 pages illus., 8 pages of color photos. (Sept.) Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.

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