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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
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 700.
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 he attempted in vain ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752498843
SKU
V9780752498843
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99-50
About John Matusiak
JOHN MATUSIAK studied at the universities of London and Sussex before embarking upon a teaching career that eventually spanned more than thirty years. He is the author of six books in all, including biographies of Henry VIII, Thomas Wolsey and James I, and The Tudors in 100 Objects, and is currently completing a new history of the Thirty Years War. ... Read more
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