KING'S CARDINAL
Gwyn, Peter
ISBN 10: 0712651225 ISBN 13: 9780712651226
Published by Random House UK, 1992
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Proud, greedy, corrupt and driven by overwhelming personal ambition. Such is the traditional image of Thomas Wolsey, Lord Chancellor, Archbishop of York, Bishop of Winchester, Abbot of St. Albans, Bishop if Tournai and Papal Legate. It is an image which Peter Gwyn examines, challenges and decisively overturns in this remarkable book.
From exceedingly humble beginnings Wolsey rose to a pinnacle of power unsurpassed by any other British commoner. Peter Gwyn explores every aspect of the Cardinal's career - not least his relationship with Henry VIII - and sets it firmly in a vividly recreated Tudor world. The Wolsey who emerges is a man of prodigious energy and ability, a tireless dispenser of justice, an enlightened reformer wholly dedicated to his king and country - a man who has been consistently misrepresented and maligned for four-and-a-half centuries.
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Title: KING'S CARDINAL
Publisher: Random House UK
Publication Date: 1992
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: 7935301
Signed: 4/1/2026 7:16:33 AM
Edition: 1775027793.