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Radio 4,11 Nov 2005,30 mins

Thomas Cromwell

Great Lives

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Historian and author Derek Wilson proposes 16th century politician Thomas Cromwell who ran the country for Henry VIII, and was eventually beheaded. Presenter Francine Stock and Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch discuss it with him.

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