Caring Chap or Vicious Brute?
Today Leanda de Lisle shares her thoughts on Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, in her “10 Minute Tudors” podcast. Enjoy her thought-provoking assessment –> HERE.
ABOUT LEANDA DE LISLE

Leanda de Lisle is a renowned journalist and historian who writes articles and book reviews for BBC History Magazine, History Today, the Literary Review, the New Criterion and the Spectator, as well as several national newspapers in the United Kingdom. Leanda’s first non-fiction book made a huge impression, a runner-up for the Saltire Society’s First Book of the Year award. Leanda’s latest book, Tudor; The Family Story (1437-1603), is currently a top ten bestseller in the United Kingdom and released in the United States, re-titled for America audiences, in September 2013. Fittingly, Leanda lives near Bosworth Battlefield,
Bosworth, England. For more information, visit Leanda’s website at LEANDA DE LISLE.
10 Minute Tudors Podcasts — Leanda de Lisle
QAB Guest Article: Katherine Grey’s Confession
QAB Guest Article: The Virgin Queen
QAB Guest Article: The Strange Death of Anne Boleyn
QAB Guest Article: King Henry’s Niece
QAB Interview #1 with Leanda de Lisle
QAB Guest Article: The Tudor Family and Two Battles of the Wars of the Roses
QAB Book Excerpt: The Stuart Boleyn Girl – Queen Henrietta Maria and the Countess of Carlisle