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Hilary Mantel's acclaimed historical novels "Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up the Bodies" have been criticised by some historians for their portrayal of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII in an overly-sympathetic manner, but this is a fictionalised biography, not history. An author of fiction is entirely at liberty to choose to emphasise one side of Cromwell's character and gloss over his less attractive attributes in ways than a historian can't. Authors of fiction don't have to be impartial.
Last edited by HarryT; 09-12-2016 at 10:58 AM.
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