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Refracted: Thomas Cromwell — whose portrait was painted by Hans Holbein the Younger, himself a character in the trilogy by Hilary Mantel — served as chief minister to King Henry VIII. (Supplied)
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Review: ‘The Mirror & the Light’ or, the fall of Thomas Cromwell

Hilary Mantel’s final volume in the ‘Wolf Hall’ trilogy is a triumphant end to her depiction of the blacksmith’s boy who became the king of England’s right-hand man

  • Theresa Mallinson
8 min read