In this book, "the opulant, brutal world of the Tudors comes to glittering, bloody life. It is the backdrop to the rise and rise of Thomas Cromwell: lowborn boy, charmer, bully, master of deadly intrigue, and, finally, most powerful of all Henry VIII's courtiers."--Page 4 of cover.
Tomáš Cromwell Séria
Ponorte sa do búrlivého sveta vlády Henricha VIII. prostredníctvom životopisného portrétu mimoriadne schopného muža. Táto séria sleduje cestu syna kováča, ktorý sa stal mocným štátnikom, a odhaľuje politické intrigy, osobné ambície a zložité vzťahy na Tudorovskom dvore. Objavte dramatický vzostup a nevyhnutný pád postavy, ktorá formovala anglické dejiny.
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