Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light – Episode 3 Defiance

“The Rebels demand that “vile blood” be drained from the Council. It’s your blood, I imagine.” – Imperial Ambassador Eustache Chapuys

The talk of the court is suitors,  marriages, pregnancies, heirs, newborns and children in this episode as an uprising erupts in the East and spreads to the North.

Cromwell is not in a good place. He may come across as a 16th century terminator, but he is a human being. He is deeply hurt by Dorothea’s false claim that he betrayed the Cardinal and her words keep haunting him in his dreams. And he wakes up only to get bad news. Continue reading “Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light – Episode 3 Defiance”