This is the spellbinding story of royal “fixer” Thomas Cromwell during the brutally capricious reign of Henry VIII. Based on Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning trio of novels, Academy Award® winner Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies) stars as Thomas Cromwell, and Emmy Award ® winner Damian Lewis, (Homeland) as King Henry VIII. The first installment, Wolf Hall (2016 Peabody Award and Golden Globe winner), focuses on Cromwell's rise to power in the king's court and his role in the downfall of Henry's second wife, Anne Boleyn (Claire Foy, The Crown). Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light begins as the King settles into short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour (Kate Phillips, Miss Scarlet). With no great family to back him, no private army, and only his wits to rely on, Cromwell must navigate the dangerous court of a most unpredictable king as he rises to become the most feared and influential figure of his time.
