As Henry VIII's right-hand man, Thomas Cromwell orchestrated the king's divorce from his first wife Catherine of Aragon by overseeing the English Reformation, a major shift in Britain's religious life. Immortalized by Hilary Mantel's novels and the miniseries Wolf Hall, the historical Cromwell remains an enigma. In this "deeply researched and grippingly written" biography (Independent), Tracy Borman reveals a different side to one of history's most notorious characters: that of a caring husband and father, a loyal servant and friend, and a revolutionary who helped England become a modern state.