Cromwell's attempts to control and manage the women of the court (Margaret Douglas and Mary Fitzroy), who resist and defy his authority to varying degrees.
Cromwell's attempts to control and manage the women of the court (Margaret Douglas and Mary Fitzroy), who resist and defy his authority to varying degrees.
Events in This Arc
In the Long Gallery at Hampton Court, King Henry VIII—seated apart from the masquerade revelers—casually commands Thomas Cromwell to arrange politically advantageous marriages for his daughter Mary and niece Margaret …
In Cromwell’s study at Austin Friars, Lady Margaret Douglas—Henry VIII’s rebellious niece—confronts Cromwell with her secret marriage to Thomas Howard, declaring it legally binding. Cromwell, aided by the calculating Wriothesley, …