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Why Are We Still So Fascinated by the Tudors?

Wolf Hall, which airs its final episode tonight on Masterpiece PBS, isn't the first period drama set in the court of King Henry VIII, and it certainly won't be the last. But the latest chapter in ...
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Wolf Hall historical accuracy: How did Thomas Cromwell really die?

We’ve reached the end of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, and that meant the end of Thomas Cromwell’s story. If you knew your history, you knew how this story was going to end. Caution: There are ...
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WOLF HALL: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT on MASTERPIECE (Series Finale this week)

The sequel, WOLF HALL: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT picks up in May, 1536. Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife, is dead. As the axe drops, Thomas Cromwell emerges from the bloodbath to continue his climb to ...
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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 fingers gripping a secret missive, thin lips curled into a truculent frown, ...