With her Wolf Hall books, novelist Hilary Mantel made Tudor bad guy Thomas Cromwell sympathetic. But as a new TV adaptation ...

Cromwell: The Sympathetic Underdog Mantel's portrayal of Cromwell brings him to life in ways that resonate with contemporary audiences. He is depicted as a canny strategist who rises from humble ...

The method of execution also varied ... Anne Boleyn and Thomas Cromwell, and looks at how they shaped Tudor England. What did King Henry VIII really want from a wife? documentWhat did King ...

This week, the Mattatuck Museum is exhibiting the art of Elizabeth Catlett, the first person, first woman and first ...

“This is character assassination by Cromwell, and it’s motivated by saving his own skin.” Anne was executed for high treason on May 19, 1536; Henry wed Jane 11 days later, on May 3 ...

The Tudors had taken the throne by ... Thomas Wyatt: One of Anne Boleyn’s accused lovers and, with Cromwell’s protection, the only one spared execution, Wyatt returns to the king’s favor ...

Wolf Hall concluded with the heartbreaking execution of Thomas Cromwell after displeasing King Henry VIII. The show has been a smash hit with viewers and critics alike, but how true is it to real ...

Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Alice Smith, the producer and audio editor is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff. All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.

The latter Cromwell was a key figure of the English Civil War and advocate of Charles I's execution in 1649, and he was ...

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 ...