![]() ![]() But Henry seems to have forgotten the dead man, as he plunges into the pleasures of the hunting season.īring Up The Bodies opens in September 1535. More’s fate is a dreadful lesson to anyone who stands in Henry’s way once, he and the king had been confidantes and friends. ![]() ![]() Though it looks like a victory, More’s death is a kind of defeat for Cromwell ‘victory’ would have been persuading him to live, and knuckle under. Thomas More, who opposed the king, is dead, his head spiked on London Bridge, his prayer book examined for bloodspots and then disposed of. Wolf Hall left Thomas Cromwell in July 1535, the court about to quit London for the summer. Before you say, “him or me?” you should have the axe in your hand.’ ‘Before you say, “Him or me?” you should have his name on a warrant and the ports blocked, his wife in your confidence, his friends bought, his heir under your protection, his money in your strong room and his dog answering your whistle. You don’t stop, at a point of crisis, to consider the merits of your opponent’s case, or weigh his interests against your own. ‘Him or me?’ is not a question, Thomas Cromwell says – it is a directive, it is a call to action. ![]()
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