The Courier's Tale [electronic resource]
Walker, Peter2011
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As the King's young cousin, an admired scholar living in Italy, it falls to Reginald Pole to make the case for Henry's divorce from Katherine of Aragon. And it falls to the hapless Michael Throckmorton - the younger son of an impecunious titled family - to become Thomas Cromwell's messenger to Pole in Rome. This dubious privilege makes of Throckmorton's life a tragicomedy of endless journeys back and forth between England and Italy, but it also makes him a canny observer of the great dramas of his time. And like his King, he too nurses a thwarted desire.
Main title:
The Courier's Tale [electronic resource] / Peter Walker
Author:
Walker, Peter, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Peter Walker is a New Zealander who has lived in London since 1986. He worked for seven years on the Independent and three on the Independent on Sunday where he was Foreign Editor. He has also written for the Financial Times and Granta. His first book, The Fox Boy, was published by Bloomsbury in 2001 and was widely praised.
ISBN:
9781408824504
Language:
English
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BRN:
2791067
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