A classic book about Ipswich's most famous son, Thomas Wolsey, written in the 19th century, is coming back into print.
Hilaire Belloc's history, Wolsey, is now back in print via Mysterium Press in a re-typeset premium-quality hardback edition.
Wolsey profiles the Ipswich-born Cardinal who might have stopped the Reformation but in the end was unable to do so.
According to Belloc, his intelligence and industry were matched by his ambition and myopia, and his inability to comprehend the innermost thoughts of his boss, Henry VIII proved fatal.
Cranmer is a study of the archbishop who helped lead England away from Catholicism. Belloc portrays him as a deceitful, suave cleric who played a chief part in one of Europe’s great dramas.
Wolsey and Cranmer are the first in a planned series of six books which cover Belloc's portraits of key figures in English history, from the dawn of the Reformation to the end of the Restoration.
Wolsey and Cranmer will be released on 4 December 2024 with pre-orders now shipping from mysteriumpress.com.
Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) was an Anglo-French writer, orator and MP whose books are considered excellent on facts and quite prophetic.
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