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The strongest pulse in "Wolf Hall" comes from Thomas Cromwell. Cromwell, who was raised in poverty, rises from his lowly origins to hold the position of Lord Chancellor in the court of King Henry VIII. Imagine that: a man with nothing at all who goes on to influence England's future. I can't help but find it ironic that this self-made man frequently operates in the background, manipulating strings while the nobility acts as though they are in command of fiction books.
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