Thomas Cromwell steps over the wreckage of Anne Boleyn's execution to his place at the King’s side.

An encounter with a young nun at Shaftesbury Abbey profoundly shakes Cromwell’s view of himself.

Cromwell moves to quell a religious rebellion that threatens to destabilise Henry’s kingdom.

The birth of a prince gives Henry his longed for heir, but at the price of his young queen’s life.

Cromwell arranges a marriage and a political alliance for Henry with the reforming family of Cleves.