The new edition is one of the most famous British novels of the new century, “the best Booker winner for many years” (Scotsman). Moreover, the sequel to Wolfhall also received a Booker - an unprecedented case in the history of the award. And in March 2020, the final novel of the trilogy, “The Mirror and the Light,” is finally released. England, 16th century. Henry VIII Tudor is on the throne - but if he dies without leaving an heir, civil war will break out. Thomas Cromwell is appointed to the royal Privy Council - the son of a rowdy blacksmith, who managed to serve as a mercenary in the French army, work in a Florentine banking house and become imbued with the ideas of Machiavellianism, a former secretary of the disgraced Cardinal Wolsey. Some consider Cromwell an unprincipled scoundrel, others - a political genius. By any means - flattery and threats, bribery and arrests - fulfilling the will of the king, he begins to build a new England... In 2015, the BBC television channel filmed both novels, the main roles were played by Mark Rylance ("The Other Boleyn Girl", "Spy Bridge", "Dunkirk"), Damian Lewis ("Romeo and Juliet", "Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood"), Claire Foy ("Postage", "The Crown", "Man on the Moon"). The series, known in Russian as “Wolf Hall,” was nominated for three Golden Globe awards (winning one), eight BAFTA nominations (winning three), and eight Emmy nominations.< /p>