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Sweating sickness, also known as the sweats, English sweating sickness, English sweat or sudor anglicus in Latin, was a mysterious and contagious disease that struck England and later continental Europe in a series of epidemics beginning in 1485.
Wolf Hall is a British television series adaptation of two of Hilary Mantel's novels, Wolf Hall [1] and Bring Up the Bodies, [2] a fictionalised biography documenting the life of Thomas Cromwell. The six-part first series was initially broadcast on BBC Two in January 2015.
The premiere of Wolf Hall received positive reviews.The Daily Telegraph gave the episode 5/5, saying "it fully communicates the nerve-jangling sense of bodily threat with which Mantel’s novels are freighted — life is cheap in a disease-ridden Tudor England ruled by an absolute monarch."
A Very English Scandal and The Crown star Alex Jennings will appear in Wolf Hall as Stephen Gardiner, formerly played by Mark Gatiss. Gardiner is secretary to Cardinal Wolsey and Cromwell’s ...
While it has already aired in the UK, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light will air on Masterpiece on PBS and stream on the PBS App, the PBS Masterpiece on Prime Video, and PBS.org this spring.The ...
“The BBC has in my view, been in decline for years. But every now and then, it bangs out a masterpiece. Wolf Hall. A long overdue 2nd season. Superb.
Wolf Hall is a 2009 historical novel by English author Hilary Mantel, published by Fourth Estate, named after the Seymour family's seat of Wolfhall, or Wulfhall, in Wiltshire. Set in the period from 1500 to 1535, Wolf Hall is a sympathetic fictionalised biography documenting the rapid rise to power of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII ...
Brandon had two sons by her, and both of them were still children when he died in 1545. However, both of Brandon's sons later died young of the sweating sickness on the same day. They were: Henry Brandon, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (18 September 1535 – 14 July 1551) [26] Charles Brandon, 3rd Duke of Suffolk (1537 – 14 July 1551) [26]