Historical tales of the Tudors usually involve heaving bosoms, flying heads and more intrigue in the bedroom than the boardroom. Not British author Hilary Mantel's brilliant "Wolf Hall," winner of the ...
New insights come on anniversary of Cromwell's death and ahead of the final part of the 'Wolf Hall' trilogy which hits West End later this year The magnificent London mansion of Thomas Cromwell has ...
Tracy Borman investigates the rise of Thomas Cromwell, from the son of a Putney blacksmith to Henry VIII's right-hand man, and his eventual downfall. Tracy Borman investigates the rise of Thomas ...
For all the tabloid fuss and docudramas, the messy love lives of today’s British royals seem like pallid reflections of monarchical scandals past. The personalities are smaller, the stakes so much ...
Here's Thomas Cromwell at New York's Frick Collection, trapped in canvas by the Tudor court painter Hans Holbein: thick fingers gripping a secret missive, thin lips curled into a truculent frown, ...
Why is Lucy Worsley whispering from beneath her Tudor-era burgonet helmet, dressed as a Yeoman of the Guard and spilling royal beans? Because she’s placed herself at the first encounter, circa 1522, ...
Arthur Hughes plays the title character in Hulu's four-part series, Shardlake. Now comes the new Hulu mystery series Shardlake, based on C.J. Sansom's first novel in a series about a crime-solving ...
Wolf Hall, which airs its final episode tonight on Masterpiece PBS, isn't the first period drama set in the court of King Henry VIII, and it certainly won't be the last. But the latest chapter in ...