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Title: Rise of Thomas Cromwell: Power & Politics in the Reign of Henry VIII, 1485-1534
Author: EVERETT MICHAEL
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 15/09/2016
Imprint: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Price: $26.95
Publishing status: Active
How much does the Thomas Cromwell of popular novels and television series resemble the real Cromwell? This meticulous study of Cromwell’s early political career expands and revises what has been understood concerning the life and talents of Henry VIII’s chief minister. Michael Everett provides a new and enlightening account of Cromwell’s rise to power, his influence on the king, his role in the Reformation, and his impact on the future of the nation. Controversially, Everett depicts Cromwell not as the fervent evangelical, Machiavellian politician, or the revolutionary administrator that earlier historians have perceived. Instead he reveals Cromwell as a highly capable and efficient servant of the Crown, rising to power not by masterminding Henry VIII’s split with Rome but rather by dint of exceptional skills as an administrator.
ISBN: 9780300223514
Pages: 376