Wolf Hall, Entirely Beloved: 10 things we learnt from episode two 

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Wolf Hall, Entirely Beloved: 10 things we learnt from episode two

Here\'s what Neelanjona Debnath gleaned from the second instalment of the Hilary Mantel adaptation

Schemer: Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall (Picture: Company Productions Ltd/Giles Keyte)

It’s all going on in Tudor England tonight in the second episode of Wolf Hall: Entirely Beloved. Cardinal Wolsey has finally popped his clogs, Thomas Cromwell has joined the King’s Privy Council and Mary Boleyn made a pass at Thomas. But what did we glean from the second instalment of the Hilary Mantel adaptation?

It turns out that the hero of Wolf Hall can be manipulative when he has to be. Watching him \'interpret\' Henry’s dream tonight is the first hint of Machiavellian guile from the lawyer. What will he be up to next?

It’s safe to say that the scheming queen-in-waiting has Henry wrapped around her little finger. Not only is she holding off sleeping with him but she’s threatening to leave him if he doesn’t get that annulment soon. Women do hold more power than we realise in this period. She is ultimately responsible for Henry breaking away from the Catholic Church (that’s not a spoiler).

Not only does he accept Cromwell’s interpretation of his dream, featuring his dead brother Arthur, but he is bending to the will of Anne. It seems as if this king is being manipulated by everyone. He’s going to cotton sooner or later, right? If the history books are anything to go by, heads are set to roll… 

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4. Mary Boleyn realises she should have been smarter

The poor old sister of Anne realises that she missed a trick with Henry VIII. Instead of becoming his mistress, she could have been the Queen of England. Oh dear. She’s a bit of a sorry sight when she makes a pass at Cromwell, who duly turns her down for her own good. She’s a fascinating figure, playing second fiddle to her sister, and it’s going to be interesting seeing how she develops.

During the archery scene, Cromwell defends the idea of a women sitting on the throne. Who would have thought he would have supported women’s rights? As we start to get into Wolf Hall, there is more underlying feminism there than we realised.

6. Apparently, you can’t be a widow in the 16th Century for five minutes

He only lost his wife and daughters last week but Cromwell was already getting interrogated by the ruddy-nosed woman about his intentions to marry again. He opted for a mistress instead.

Perhaps it’s just his youth but Cromwell’s son does not come across well. He wanted white hounds instead of black ones because of peer pressure – talk about being a spoilt brat. You get the sense that Cromwell is growing less fond of him.

8. Don’t break off secret engagements – there’ll be hell to pay

Spare a thought for Cardinal Wolsey. He broke off Henry Percy’s engagement to Anne Boleyn years earlier – ever since then Percy has been nursing a grudge. Sadly, before Wolsey met his maker, Percy was arresting him for treason.

9. If you’re a fan of Game of Thrones, you’ll probably like Wolf Hall

Writer George RR Martin was inspired by the court of Henry VIII when he was writing his fantasy novel series, A Song of Ice and Fire. When you start looking, you notice the parallels between Game of Thrones and Wolf Hall - Cromwell and Lord Littlefinger seem to have quite a few things in common.

10. If you’re a fan of The Tudors, you probably won’t like Wolf Hall

Remember The Tudors - that trashy period drama that was full of sex, threw the history book out of the window, and had a laddish Henry VIII played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers? Well, Wolf Hall is nothing like that. The sex has been kept to a minimum while the story follows history a lot more closely.

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