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The book begins on the day of Anne Boleyn’s beheading, and there is a sense that whilst Cromwell has succeeded in felling Henry’s concubine, his true enemies are still in possession of their heads: Uncle Norfolk, the Plantagenet descendants, Bishop Gardiner. All pose new problems. Some hope the King will reconcile with Rome… it’s all to play for.