In the long-awaited sequel to "Wolf Hall," mortality stalks Cromwell's conscience
Here's Thomas Cromwell at New York's Frick Collection, trapped in canvas by the Tudor court painter Hans Holbein: thick ...
Rags-to-riches hero or villainous torturer? The truth about Henry VIII's scheming right-hand man Thomas Cromwell
With her Wolf Hall books, novelist Hilary Mantel made Tudor bad guy Thomas Cromwell sympathetic. But as a new TV adaptation ...
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The Real Story Behind ‘Wolf Hall’ and the Fall of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s Most Controversial Adviser
Based on Hilary Mantel's novel "The Mirror & the Light," the last installment in the acclaimed television series chronicles ...
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This portrait may be the only one of England's 9-day queen painted during her lifetime
Research by the charity English Heritage suggests it may have found a portrait of England's shortest-reigning queen Lady Jane ...
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Does This Mysterious Portrait Depict Lady Jane Grey, the Doomed Queen Who Ruled England for Nine Days in 1553?
In the summer of 1553, a girl of around 16 was proclaimed the queen of England. Her name was Lady Jane Grey, and she ruled ...
Is this the only portrait of Lady Jane Grey, England’s 9-day queen, done during her life?
A portrait purporting to be of a living Lady Jane Grey, best-known from a post-death painting of her execution, has gone on ...
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This portrait may be the only one of England’s 9-day queen painted during her lifetime
It said there is “compelling” evidence to suggest that the portrait, on loan from a private ... the ultimate innocent victim of the chicanery of the Tudor court in the chaotic aftermath ...
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Museum hopes to see Henry VIII portrait restored
A portrait of King Henry VIII is due to be restored ... Warwickshire's museum service wants to display the Tudor painting at the Market Hall Museum in Warwick. It was discovered "hiding in plain ...