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History's Ultimate Spies

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  • 2015-2015
  • 1 Season
  • Documentary, Suspense
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The stories of History's Ultimate Spies are woven around many notorious plots and infamous characters, and they'll feature in a series that delves into the psyche of the men and women who set up the networks - or destroyed them.

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Ross Andrews
Self - Author & Historian
Sean Francis George
Guy Fawkes
Adam Schuch-des Forges
Cardinal Richelieu

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Episode 1

Thomas Cromwell

45 mins

After the death of Cardinal Wolsey in 1530, Thomas Cromwell became Henry VIII's 'lap dog'. In order to do the king's bidding, he established a network of spies that steered Henry through his troubles with Rome, divorces, assassinations attempts and the establishment of a new religion. as this documentary reveals, though cunning and ambitious, none of these achievements proved sufficient to preserve his life.

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