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Bring up the bodies bbc5/23/2023 ![]() Mantel is a stickler for historical detail, and in order to let us into Cromwell's world, she had to "live inside his skin for a few years". He has influence."Īll of which put a target on his back - but make him a fascinating "narrative host" in the meantime. He has a ledger of gossip and rumour and (mostly) badly written love poems. ![]() ![]() He is a collector of information as well as taxes. He will also charm the kitchen boy into his service, steal the riches from the church and slip a coin to the maid who saw it all and ensure he's the one who will receive her secrets. "This is a man who can help skin the eels from a barrel in the kitchen, and will happily walk through the back alleys and ditches and past the churches of his London. Kate Evans, of RN's The Bookshelf, describes Cromwell as "a character who notices the texture of a wall - and the cost of building it or pulling it down." ![]() ![]() "Nothing gives me more joy than to bring into the light these people who've been lost for so long … the small players, people whose names have never been spoken in maybe hundreds of years - and suddenly there's a buzz in the air and they're back." ![]()
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