The Cromwell Enigma
Description
July 1540. The courts of Europe are stunned to hear that Henry VIII has executed his all-powerful minister, Thomas Cromwell.
Poet and classicist Nicholas Bourbon is sent from the cultured court of Queen Marguerite of Navarre to investigate. Thrust into a turbulent world of religious, political and personal rivalries, his travels take him far and wide. He endures perils at sea, incarceration in a monastic prison and poisonous intrigue in the Tudor court. Yet this retiring scholar cannot abandon a quest which steadily becomes an obsession, drawing him ever deeper into the beliefs and motivations of his mysterious quarry.
Only after facing many hazards does he discover the astonishing secret that unlocks the Cromwell enigma.
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Derek Wilson is the author of the acclaimed Thomas Treviot historical crime series, in which the protagonist investigates real unsolved Tudor crimes, fighting to bring truth to light in the corrupt world of Anne Boleyn, Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII. Derek is also a renowned historian and has written over 70 books, including The Plantagenets (Quercus, 2011), A Brief History of Henry VIII (Robinson, 2009) and The Uncrowned Kings of England (Robinson, 2005), as well as critically acclaimed biographies of Charlemagne and Holbein. He writes and presents for television and radio, frequently contributes to history magazines, and is the founder of the Cambridge History festival.
Content
- Intro
- The Cromwell Enigma
- Contents
- List of characters, real and imaginary, who appear in this story
- Introduction
- 1 How it came to pass
- 2 London
- 3 London
- 4 Sea interlude
- 5 Antwerp
- 6 Antwerp
- 7 Home
- 8 Florence
- 9 Florence
- 10 Florence
- 11 Southampton
- 12 London again
- 13 A royal Christmas
- 14 A royal Christmas
- 15 Leicestershire
- 16 Leicestershire
- 17 On the road
- 18 Oxford
- 19 Putney
- Notes on historical characters
