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Old 05-31-2010, 03:53 PM   #5075
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Originally Posted by obs20 View Post
I really liked it. It's about all the political drama surrounding Henry VIII told from the point of view of the lowborn Thomas Cromwell. It seems that Henry chose Cromwell in part because he was a commoner. Henry felt he couldn't trust any nobility because they all had designs on the crown. Remember this is just a generation after The Wars of Roses.

I hope you enjoy it.
Thanks obs - I think I will get it now. I'm reading Alison Weir's biography of the last 3 months of Anne Boleyn's life at the moment so I'm on a 16th Century history roll

Lots of Thomas Cromwell in that so it would be interesting to see it from that point of view (albeit fictional).
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