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Wolsey - The Life of King Henry VIII's Cardinal (Hardcover)
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Wolsey - The Life of King Henry VIII's Cardinal (Hardcover)
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List price R643
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Discovery Miles 5 330
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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 to satisfy the tempestuous master whose ambition
ultimately broke him. Far from being another familiar portrait of
an overweight and overweening spider or cautionary tale of pride
preceding a fall, this is the gripping story of how consummate
talent, noble intentions and an eagle eye for the main chance can
contrive with the vagaries of power politics to raise an individual
to unheard of heights before finally consuming him.
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