It’s 1536. Henry’s love for Anne Boleyn has given way to anger and distrust. His attention now fixed on Jane Seymour, Henry instructs Cromwell to rid him of his second Queen. Sensing her loss of favour, the Queen’s enemies are gathering. Wolf Hall VI: Masters of Phantoms, caption
But you will impart, Mark. You’ll do it freely or you’ll do it enforced. ibid. Cromwell
I only have a little neck. So it will be the work of a moment. ibid. Anne
It’s 1536. England is in uproar. Henry VII has broken with the Pope in Rome and overturned a thousand years of religion in his small kingdom, all so he can be parted from his first wife Katherine and marry Anne Boleyn. But Anne has failed to provide England with a male heir. So, Henry instructs Thomas Cromwell, son of a blacksmith and now his principle adviser, to concoct treason charges against her. Anne is taken to the Tower of London to await execution, while Henry prepares to marry his third wife, Jane Seymour. Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light I: Wreckage ***** BBC 2024
When negotiation and compromise fail, the your only course is to destroy your enemy before they wake in the morning, Rafe. Have the axe in your hand. ibid. Cromwell
Such freshness. Such delicacy. Such maidenly pudeur. I have come out of Hell into Heaven, and all in one night. ibid. Henry
My daughter Mary refuses to take the oath and acknowledge me as head of the church. ibid.
There’s a papal bull of excommunication hanging over my master. ibid. Cromwell to Chapuys
Never enter a contest of wills with the king. ibid. Cardinal Wolsey
A dog, madam. And on your scent. ibid. Cromwell
I mean to reward him [Cromwell] and his whole house. ibid. Henry
[Wolsey]: I feel like Catherine. Cast off. But still I love him. Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light II, BBC 2024
Henry will take the credit for all your good ideas. ibid. Wolsey to Cromwell
We’ve entered an age of coercion. ibid.
How does it feel to be heir presumptive of England? Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light III, Lord to Cromwell
In the north they use your name to terrify the children. ibid. Norfolk to Cromwell
His [Henry] brother has appeared to him before, Your Grace, in his dreams. ibid. Cromwell to Jane
You do everything. You have everything. You are everything. ibid. Gregory to Cromwell
I’ll give you your choice of bridegroom, of course I will … Think of Ruth in the Bible. She adapted herself. Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light IV, Cromwell to new daughter
The Emperor is their [Europeans] overlord. Whatever they pretend. ibid. Norfolk to Cromwell
A ten-year truce between France and Spain! ibid. Henry
If this pack between France and Spain endures, the Emperor will invade and put Mary on the throne. ibid. Cromwell
Ha ha! By God! She’ll be grateful for you taking her out of that place! Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light V, Norfolk to Henry
I am greatly altered these ten years. You not so much. ibid. Henry to Cromwell
I am bested by the Cardinal’s ghost. ibid. Cromwell
The King needs to make this marriage. The country needs it. ibid.
But everyone I wanted to tell is dead. ibid.
You are no more than God made you. ibid.
10th June 1540: A man made Earl in the morning and kicked out by the afternoon. Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light VI ***** Cromwell
The doublet is just a single example of your insensate and ungodly pride. It’s not just your attire that offends. ibid. Norfolk
It was my purple doublet. She couldn’t resist it. ibid. Cromwell
None of you – none of you – can manage matters like I can. ibid.