Thomas Cromwell : a revolutionary life / Diarmaid MacCulloch.
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MacCulloch, Diarmaid (författare)
- ISBN 9780670025572
- Publicerad: New York, New York : Viking, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
- Engelska xxiii, 728 pages
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- Introduction -- Journeys. Ruffian ; The return of the native ; In the Cardinal's service: 1524-1528 ; Managing failure: 1528-1529 ; Serving two masters: 1530 -- New wine. Council and Parliament: 1531 ; New Year's gifts: 1532 ; Making a difference: 1532 ; A royal marriage: 1532-1533 -- Touching pitch. Treason in prospect: 1533-1534 ; Spirituals: 1534-1535 ; Deaths for religion: 1535 ; Progresses and scrutinies: 1535-1536 ; Surrenders and the scaffold: 1536 -- Power and its reward. Summer opportunities: 1536 ; Grace for the Commonwealth: 1536 ; The reckoning: 1537 ; The King's uncle?: 1537-1538 ; Cutting down trees: 1538 -- Nemesis. Shifting dynasties: 1538-1539 ; Stumbling blocks: 1539 ; Downfall: 1539-1540 ; Futures.
- Examines the life of King Henry VIII's right-hand man, who did everything he could to secure the future of a son he loved dearly, but who ultimately could not control the unpredictable monarch.
Ämnesord
- Statsmän (sao)
- Politiska förhållanden (sao)
- Hovmän (sao)
- Hovliv (sao)
- Statesmen -- England -- Biography. (LCSH)
- Courts and courtiers (lcsh)
- Statesmen (lcsh)
- Courts and courtiers (lcsh)
- Storbritannien (sao)
- Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547. (LCSH)
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1509-1547. (LCSH)
- Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- Biography. (LCSH)
- 1509-1547 (Henrik VIII, Storbritannien) (sao)
Genre
- Biografier (saogf)
Personnamn
- Cromwell, Thomas, 1485?-1540
Klassifikation
- DA334.C9 (LCC)
- 942.05/2092 (DDC)
- Ke (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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