Short reviews of recent releases.

Readers respond to Kelefa Sanneh’s Profile of Mike White, Lawrence Wright’s article about the spiritual alliance between nuns and women on Texas’s death row, and Kathryn Schulz’s review of “The Lives ...

The Masterpiece series featuring King Henry VIII (Damian Lewis) and Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance) shows off historic locations.

Elton, professor of history at the University of Cambridge, upended the field with this book, proclaiming Thomas Cromwell “the most remarkable revolutionary in English history.” Elton argued that ...

In the culmination of the Hilary Mantel adaptation, Mark Rylance’s Thomas Cromwell becomes a more poignant figure, weighed ...

Six costumes worn by the stars of the BBC TV drama Wolf Hall have gone on display at one of the locations used for filming. Scenes for both the first and second series of Hilary Mantel's Tudor trilogy ...

March’s best new TV shows comprise a real variety pack—one that includes a few of the all-around greatest series we’re likely ...

The Mirror and the Light continues the story of Cromwell's rise and fall in Tudor England. How many episodes are in the ...

The BBC's acclaimed period drama Wolf Hall almost didn't return for a second season for a sad reason. The episodes, subtitled ...

Find out who's who, where we left off with them, and how they fit into the intrigue & drama that will mesmerize you as it ...

The widely awaited sequel to the hit BBC series Wolf Hall based on Hilary Mantel's last book in her Tudor trilogy, Wolf Hall: ...

After a decade, the Wolf Hall sequel we have all been waiting for has premiered. However, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light ...