Leanda De-Lisle

Thomas Cromwell: more Tony Soprano than Richard Dawkins

A review of Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most faithful Servant, by Tracy Borman. More conviction is needed from this otherwise engaging new biography

Portrait of Thomas Cromwell wearing ‘the George’, by Hans Holbein [Getty Images/Bridgeman]
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  • Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII’s Most Faithful Servant

    Tracy Borman

    Hodder, pp. 464

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