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“The book got rave reviews, including from Hilary Mantel. It’s a very scholarly book but highly readable.” Read more...
The Best Thomas Cromwell Books
Benedict King, Journalist
“This scholarly but very accessible biography will be the definitive life of Cromwell for many years to come. It has all the qualities that we’ve come to expect from MacCulloch: it’s rigorous in terms of its scholarship, but it’s also beautifully written and it does, I think, make a change. It transforms the character of Cromwell from this brilliant bureaucrat we saw with Elton into a slightly shadowy figure.” Read more...
The Best History Books of 2018
Paul Lay, Historian
