Cornish Rebellion of 1497 - Cultural References

Cultural References

The rebellion is referred to several times in Wolf Hall, the 2009 Man Booker Prize winner written by Hilary Mantel. The protagonist of the book, Thomas Cromwell, is a young boy in London during the panic caused by the approach of the rebels; he also remembers the events later in the book.

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