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Author Borman, Tracy, author.

Title Thomas Cromwell : the untold story of Henry VIII's most faithful servant / Tracy Borman. [Boundless electronic resource]

Publication Info. New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2014]
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 450 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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Summary Thomas Cromwell has long been reviled as a Machiavellian schemer who stopped at nothing in his quest for power. As Henry VIII's right-hand man, Cromwell was the architect of the English Reformation, secured Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and plotted the downfall of Anne Boleyn, and upon his arrest, was accused of trying to usurp the King himself. But here Tracy Borman reveals a different side of one of the most notorious figures in history: that of a caring husband and father, a fiercely loyal servant and friend, and a revolutionary who helped make medieval England into a modern state. Born in the mid-1480s to a lowly blacksmith, Cromwell left home at eighteen to make his fortune abroad. After serving as a mercenary in the French army, working for a powerful merchant banker in Florence at the height of the Renaissance, and spending time as a cloth merchant in the commercial capital of the world, the Netherlands, Cromwell returned to England and built a flourishing legal practice. He soon became the protégé of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey and then worked his way into the King's inner circle. As Henry's top aide, Cromwell was at the heart of the most momentous events of his time and wielded immense power over both church and state. His seismic political, religious, and social reforms had an impact that can still be felt today. Grounded in excellent primary source research, Thomas Cromwell gives an inside look at a monarchy that has captured the Western imagination for centuries, and tells the story of a controversial and enigmatic man who forever changed the shape of his country.
A sympathetic portrait of the architect of the English Reformation describes Cromwell's lesser-known experiences as a devoted family man, fiercely loyal servant, and revolutionary who helped transform England into a modern state.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-440) and index.
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Subject Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, 1485?-1540.
Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, 1485?-1540.
Chronological Term 1509-1547
Subject Chief ministers -- England -- Biography.
Prime ministers -- England -- Biography.
Courts and courtiers.
Prime ministers.
Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547.
Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- Biography.
England.
Great Britain.
Genre Electronic books.
Biography.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Borman, Tracy. Thomas Cromwell New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2014] 9780802123176 (NjBwBT)bl2014050372 (OCoLC)881440733
ISBN 9780802191663 : $20.00
0802191665 : $20.00
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