Riveting, dynamic and bloody good fun – Wolf Hall is back after a 10-year wait
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. That’s where Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, the second and final chapter in the BBC’s adaptation of the late Hilary Mantel’s historical novels, comes in. Slinking about behind the king, working as a fixer for the personal, political and religious matters of the day, is Thomas Cromwell, Henry’s “dog”. From his origins as a blacksmith’s son in Putney, Cromwell is now Lord Privy Seal – one of England’s richest men and most eligible bachelors. King of the Hall: Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell and Damian Lewis as Henry VIII “You feel the axe’s edge,” Princess Mary tells Lord Cromwell, in the meeting that will eventually undo him.
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