Bring Up the Bodies
The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 Jonathan Healey Knopf (April 2023) A lively examination of “grubby politics” in the 17th century In Chapter 5, Jonathan Healey quotes a ceremonialist’s observation, “Where DISORDER is, there’s confusion, where…
Read MoreHere is a brief excerpt from Margaret Atwood’s review of Bring Up the Bodies for The Guardian, the second volume in Hilary Mantel’s highly acclaimed trilogy. To read the complete review, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please…
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There are valuable business lessons to be learned from Thomas Cromwell
As Patrick J. Coby explains in Thomas Cromwell: Machiavellian Statecraft and the English Reformation (published by Lexington Books), Thomas Cromwell (1485-1540) was the chief architect of the English Reformation and served as minister of Henry VIII from 1531 to 1540,…
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