"This is the spellbinding story of royal 'fixer' Thomas Cromwell during the brutally capricious reign of Henry VIII. Based on Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize-winning trio of novels, Academy Award winner Mark Rylance, stars as Thomas Cromwell and Emmy Award winner Damian Lewis, as King Henry VIII. The first installment 'Wolf hall' focuses on Cromwell's rise to power in the king's court and his role in the downfall of Henry's second wife, Anne Boleyn. 'Wolf hall: the mirror and the light' begins as the King settles into short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour. With no great family to back him, no private army, and only his wits to rely on , Cromwell must navigate the dangerous court of a most unpredictable king as he rises to become the most feared and influential figure of his time"--Container.