Comments by "Helen Trope" (@heliotropezzz333) on "Was it treason? | Wolf Hall - BBC" video.

  1. I don't think it was treason. Cromwell here is made to sound as if he tried to avoid more bloodshed than there was. Whether it was down to him I don't know. Henry just needed to save face by having a scapegoat to blame for the failed marriage with Anne of Cleves. Henry detested being humiliated or feeling that he was. Also I suspect, as he had his eye on marriage with Catherine Howard, that Cromwell's enemy, Catherine's Uncle Norfolk, was working on Henry behind the scenes to procure his downfall, Gardiner too, I imagine.
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  2. And the government was clueless from then on.
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  3. Oh thanks for that. I didn't recognise Dudley Dursley.
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  4.  @stevekaczynski3793  Agreed.
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  5. Do you have some examples? It's not a history, it's a novel so you would not expect complete accuracy, partly because the author would have to guess some scenes that are not recorded in history and partly because of dramatic licence. My surpise was how forthright Cromwell was sometimes in expressing his (unwelcome) views to Henry. Historically I don't think he would have dared.
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  6. Which casting choices disappointed you?
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  7.  @dianeunderhill8506  They weren't main character though.
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  8. Which ones?
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  9.  @dianeunderhill8506  It's dramatic licence. If it helps people from diverse backgrounds to take an interest in English history, I don't mind. It didn't affect the main characters.
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  10. @nextingting It's based on history, albeit with some imagination involved to fill the gaps.
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