"In 1533 the English monarch Henry VIII decided to divorce his wife of twenty years Catherine of Aragon in pursuit of a male heir to ensure the Tudor line. He was also head over heels in love with his wife's lady in waiting Anne Boleyn, the future mother of Elizabeth I. But getting his freedom involved a terrific web of intrigue through the enshrined halls of the Vatican that resulted in a religious schism and the formation of the Church of England. Henry's man in Rome was a wily Italian diplomat named Gregorio Casali who ...
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"In 1533 the English monarch Henry VIII decided to divorce his wife of twenty years Catherine of Aragon in pursuit of a male heir to ensure the Tudor line. He was also head over heels in love with his wife's lady in waiting Anne Boleyn, the future mother of Elizabeth I. But getting his freedom involved a terrific web of intrigue through the enshrined halls of the Vatican that resulted in a religious schism and the formation of the Church of England. Henry's man in Rome was a wily Italian diplomat named Gregorio Casali who drew no limits on skullduggery including kidnapping, bribery and theft to make his king a free man. In this absorbing narrative, winner of the Rome Fellowship prize and University of Durham historian Catherine Fletcher draws on hundreds of previously-unknown Italian archive documents to tell the colorful tale from the inside story inside the Vatican"--
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Various Artists. Near Fine- in Near Fine- jacket. Ex-Library A stock image [photo] is an accurate representation of the listed book's cover design. Illustrated with B&W art reproductions. Dust jacket in lined mylar covers [attached to boards], clean, crisp, colors bright, minor edge wear, printed price at back [28.00]. Pages [266 including index] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Light tan boards, clean, bright copper gilt spine lettering, minor display wear at spine ends. A few of the usual ex-libri markings but nice clean copy. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0230341519. Rolled spine, otherwise, (HC w PON & Bookplate). A clean tight hardcover copy in jacket with PON on a single page and a bookplate to front pastedown or ffep. Previously read, showing light shelf and edge wear, slight rubbing and lightly bumped corners.
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Near Fine. 0230341519. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Slight wear to edges.; 9.3 X 6.4 X 1.1 inches; 288 pages.
