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Wolsey: The Life of King Henry VIII´s Cardinal
John Matusiak
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Description for Wolsey: The Life of King Henry VIII´s Cardinal
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; BGX; HBJD1; HRCX1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Cardinal Wolsey is a controversial figure: a butcher's son, a man of letters and the Church, a divisive political expert, a man of principle - yet, to some, an arrogant upstart. As Lord Chancellor to the incorrigible Henry VIII he achieved much both at home and abroad, but his failure to achieve the mighty monarch's divorce from Catherine of Aragon saw him brought to his knees. John Matusiak explores the pragmatic cardinal's life and career to uncover a man of contradictions and extremes whose meteoric rise was marked by an equally inexorable descent into desperation, as ... Read more
Cardinal Wolsey is a controversial figure: a butcher's son, a man of letters and the Church, a divisive political expert, a man of principle - yet, to some, an arrogant upstart. As Lord Chancellor to the incorrigible Henry VIII he achieved much both at home and abroad, but his failure to achieve the mighty monarch's divorce from Catherine of Aragon saw him brought to his knees. John Matusiak explores the pragmatic cardinal's life and career to uncover a man of contradictions and extremes whose meteoric rise was marked by an equally inexorable descent into desperation, as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750965354
SKU
V9780750965354
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About John Matusiak
John Matusiak is the author of Henry VIII and the forthcoming The Tudors in 100 Objects.
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