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IN THE LION'S COURT: POWER, AMBITION AND SUDDEN DEATH IN THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII - A STUDY IN POLITICAL INTRIGUE
IN THE LION'S COURT POWER AMBITION AND SUDDEN DEATH IN THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII A STUDY IN POLITICAL INTRIGUE Author:DEREK WILSON An illuminating examination of the careers of the six Thomases of Henry VIII. — Most history lovers are familiar with the story of the six wives of Henry VIII. Now Derek Wilson examines a set of relationships which more vividly illustrate just how dangerous life was in the court of the Tudor lion. He tells the interlocking stories of six men ? al... more »l, curiously, called Thomas: Wolsey, Howard, More, Cromwell, Wriothesley and Cranmer. The ambitions and principles of these men brought them face to face with violent death, as recorded in a simple mnemonic: ?Died, beheaded, beheaded, self-slaughtered, burned, survived.?« less