Author: Tracy Borman
Hardback
Alison Weir says "Borman has crafted an exceptional and compelling biography about one of the Tudor age's most complex and controversial figures. With expert insights based on a wealth of research, and riveting detail." And from personal experience we know Tracy Borman speaks just as she writes: fascinatingly and compellingly. She'll be at Jarrolds on 25th September and anyone who's read Hilary Mantel's fantastic Cromwell novels and wanted to know more about Cromwell should be there!
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 9781444782851
This deeply researched and grippingly written biography brings Cromwell to life and exposes the Henrician court in all its brutal, glittering splendour. (Kate Williams Independent)
Tracy Borman has crafted an exceptional and compelling biography about one of the Tudor age's most complex and controversial figures. With expert insights based on a wealth of research, and riveting detail, she has brought Thomas Cromwell to life as never before. (Alison Weir)
Tracy Borman tells us succinctly in 400 pages what we need to know about the man who rose to be the king's highest adviser ... a very good book. (The Times)
Tracy Borman's study makes clear his achievements, both admirable and despicable ... Borman has read an impressively wide range of modern historical literature on Cromwell. (Guardian)
Borman's is a highly readable account, and will add to the debate surrounding this ultimately elusive character. (Financial Times)
Elegant...her prose, as ever, glides beautifully along. (Sunday Times)
An engaging biography. (Evening Standard)
Borman writes admirably; her prose trips along merrily and is full of intriguing titbits. (New Statesman)
An excellent and readable biography. (The Tribune)
A real and vital portrait, deftly drawn. (Mail on Sunday)
