In the Lion's Court: Power, Ambition, and Sudden Death in the Reign of Henry VIII

"The fates of Henry VIII's 'six Thomases' Wolsey, More, Cromwell, Howard, Wriothesley, and Cranmer . . . a brilliant series of parallel portraits." —Library Journal

The story of Henry VIII and his six wives is a well-known example of the caprice and violence that dominated that king's reign. Now Derek Wilson examines a set of relationships that more vividly illustrate just how dangerous life was in the court of the Tudor lion. He tells the interlocking stories of six men—all, curiously enoug...