The final novel in Hilary Mantel’s great trilogy has been adapted for TV. Her editor joins us this week to discuss working ...

"These are dark times," Kominsky says. "There is a certain desire to escape from the realities of the world and look back ...

Damian Lewis on the embodiment of majesty, the heft of the fat suit, and the complicated king of The Mirror and the Light as seen on MASTERPIECE on PBS.

And of course, none of them know what tomorrow will bring, particularly when you are working for a capricious king like Henry VIII. - Draw up a charge of treason against him. I want it recorded in ...

In King Henry VIII of England’s pleasure palace ... according to historian Lucy Worsley in her book If Walls Could Talk, “the palace management would have crosses chalked onto the walls ...

Henry VIII may ... in wealth to the king, was about 6,000 British pounds, or $2.5 million in today's dollars. Henry lived an opulent life, eating off gold plate and reading books with nice covers ...

In 1521 Pope Leo X conferred the title of Defender of the Faith on Henry for his book 'Assertio ... Henry VIII is known as the 'father of the Royal Navy.' When he became king there were five ...