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WINNER OF THE 2009 MAN BOOKER PRIZEWINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE and the NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION and the COSTA NOVEL AWARDNow the inspiration for a BBC mini-series starring Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis and directed by Peter KosminskyEngland the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne but he has no male heir. Despite opposition from the pope and most of Europe he is determined to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The quest for the kings freedom destroys his brilliant adviser Cardinal Wolsey and leaves a power vacuum and a deadlock. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell. A political genius a briber a bully and a charmer Cromwell has broken all the rules of a rigid society in his ascent to power and he is preparing to break some more. Pitting himself against parliament the political establishment and the papacy he is prepared to reshape England to his own and Henrys desires.