Wolf Hall chronicles the life of Thomas Cromwell, based on the book series by Hilary Mantel. Witness Cromwell's rise of power in the Tudor household run by King Henry VIII. Based on Hilary Mantel’s prize-winning historical novels (“Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies”), “Wolf Hall” tells a tabloid-worthy tale that has been re-imagined countless ways over the centuries, especially in movies and TV — most recently in Showtime’s satin-sheety “The Tudors.” This time, the story is less tawdry and more sturdily and elegantly envisioned as the political watershed event that it was. [youtube]5kT2lMkhldc&spfreload=10[/youtube] Some familiar faces: Damian Lewis ("Brodie" in Homeland), Thomas Brodie-Sangster ("Jojen" in Game of Thrones), Jonathan Pryce ("High Sparrow" in Game of Thrones), Anton Lesser ("Qyburn" in Game of Thrones), Bernard Hill ("Theoden" in Lord of the Rings), David Robb ("Dr. Clarkson" in Downton Abbey).
