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TitleThomas Cromwell : A Revolutionary life [electronic resource]
AuthorMacCulloch, Diarmaid.
Call NoDTL 942.052092 MAC
CollectionEbook
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International Standard Book Number 9780525560296
Dewey Decimal Classification Number DTL 942.052092 MAC
Personal Name MacCulloch, Diarmaid.
Title Statement Thomas Cromwell : A Revolutionary life [electronic resource]
Imprint New York : Viking, 2018.
Physical Description eBook
General Note Includes Index and Bibliographical References
Summary, Etc. "Since the sixteenth century we have been fascinated by Henry VIII and the man who stood beside him, guiding him, enriching him, and enduring the king's insatiable appetites and violent outbursts until Henry ordered his beheading in July 1540. 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"--Publisher description.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term CROMWELL, THOMAS.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term GREAT BRITAIN - POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT - 1509-1547.
Electronic Location and Access http://thedtl.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1060573661 DTL ePlatform Full text - Book opens through link in DTL DTL