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A sharp, intimate portrait of a man who shaped an era. Cardinal Wolsey rises in living colour-ambitious, pious, politic, fallible-until power, faith, and law collide in early sixteenth-century England. Mandell Creighton's historical biography blends lucid narrative with rigorous... Read Full Overview

Delve into the tumultuous world of 16th-century England with Mandell Creighton's compelling biography, "Cardinal Wolsey." This meticulously researched account explores the life and career of Thomas Wolsey, the powerful cardinal who served as Lord Chancellor to King Henry VIII... Read Full Overview

Cardinal Wolsey by Mandell Creighton is a comprehensive biography of one of the most powerful and influential figures in Tudor England. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey was a key advisor to King Henry VIII and played a significant role in the political and religious developments of the... Read Full Overview

The Life of Cardinal Wolsey is a historical biography written by Mandell Creighton and published in 1903. The book chronicles the life and career of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, a prominent figure in the court of King Henry VIII during the 16th century. The author provides a detailed... Read Full Overview

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good... Read Full Overview