In a novel, this character's estate of Austin Friars is rocked by the death of his wife (*) Lizzie and his two daughters in the plague.
This character is disappointed that he is not allowed to bury his daughter with a book she had written her name in. In a different appearance, this character recommends Machiavelli's maxim about the escape of suffering to a man of low standing; later, at the Loyal Subject pub, this character learns that his rival had accepted a bribe of a silver cup that he then passed on to his servant. In a novel, this character's estate of Austin Friars is rocked by the death of his wife (*) Lizzie and his two daughters in the plague. This man leads the persecution of the protagonist of Robert Bolt's play A Man for All Seasons, and he is the primary character of Hilary Mantel's novel Wolf Hall. For 10 points, name this man who rose to become the advisor of Cardinal Wolsey and Henry VIII.
This character is disappointed that he is not allowed to bury his daughter with a book she had written her name in.
Thomas Cromwell