We apologize, but this product is unavailable. It may be part of a kit or just temporarily discontinued. Please check back later for updates or explore our other available products. We appreciate your understanding.

Thomas Cromwell

A Revolutionary Life

By Diarmaid MacCulloch

View More View Less

$16.99

Product Description

For five hundred years we have been fascinated by the enigma of Henry VIII, as unsavory as he was transformative, and the man who stood beside him, guiding him and suffering the volatile King's impetuous outbursts until finally he went to the scaffold, taking his secrets with him. Or did he? After a decade of sleuthing in the royal archives, Diarmaid MacCulloch has emerged with a tantalizing new understanding of Henry's mercurial chief minister, the inscrutable and utterly compelling Thomas Cromwell.

History has not been kind to the son of a Putney brewer who became the architect of England's split with Rome. Where past biographies portrayed him as a scheming operator with blood on his hands, Hilary Mantel reimagined him as a far more sympathetic figure buffered by the whims of his master. So which was he--the villain of history or the victim of her creation? MacCulloch sifted through letters and court records for answers and found Cromwell's fingerprints on some of the most transformative decisions of Henry's turbulent reign. But he also found Cromwell the man, an administrative genius, rescuing him from myth and slander.

The real Cromwell was a deeply loving father who took his biggest risks to secure the future of his son, Gregory. He was also a man of faith and a quiet revolutionary. In the end, he could not appease or control the man whose humors were so violent and unpredictable. But he made his mark on England, setting her on the path to religious awakening and indelibly transforming the system of government of the English-speaking world.

Read More Read Less

Eligible For Free Shipping

Additional Details

Kit components
The following items and their quantities are included in the kit product: Thomas Cromwell

Quantity Included Item Format SKU Individual Price
Additional Details
Product Specs
- SKU: 9780525560296
- Manufacturer: VIKING
- ISBN 13: 9780525560296
- Publication Date: 10/01/2018
- Format: Electronic Media
- Author: Diarmaid MacCulloch
View More View Less
Shipping & Returns
This item is not available for return. At Cokesbury, we offer various expedited shipping methods for an additional charge during checkout. However, products with long lead times and those shipped from a Cokesbury Connect Partner are not eligible for expedited shipping. If you select expedited shipping at checkout and your order includes items that cannot be expedited, you will receive a notice explaining that not all items are eligible.