Thomas Cromwell - Robert Hutchinson

The downfall of Thomas Cromwell was my specialist subject at University, so I'm always on the lookout for new material about him. Although one of the key figures of the Tudor age, relatively few books have been written about him. Robert Hutchinson's effort is an attempt to rectify that, and is largely successful, albeit with some fairly significant "BUTs..." First, the background. Thomas Cromwell was Henry VIII's Chief Minister throughout the 1530s. He was one of the key players behind the break from the Catholic Church and the establishment of what we now call The Church of England. He was also behind one of the most daring raids on the finances of ...