Bring up the Bodies...by Hilary Mantel: The focus of our attention is of course Thomas Cromwell, a blacksmith’s son who ran away from home to escape the fists of his father. His role in settling his king’s affairs in so final a fashion is the story. He could take an abominable rumour, turn it inside out, and shape into a believable charge of treason. He would then ‘dig out a jury’, and bully it to a guilty verdict. To gratify his belligerent king, he would not rest until the victim has been marched to the scaffold and beheaded...mtutuzelinyoka
Posted on: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 13:17:52 +0000
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