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John Matusiak was formerly Head of the History Department at Colchester Royal Grammar School, UK.

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Matusiak, John
Birthdate
Before 1970
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

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This book is SO boring I couldn't finish it. I regularly read biographies and non fiction so I'm going to lay this on the author.
 
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LoisSusan | Dec 10, 2020 |
This is a good easy to read summary of a self made man who is perhaps remembered for the wrong reasons. The story of Thomas Wolsey has an air or inevitability about it in terms of his fall given the king that he served, but it is amazing what an Ipswich lad was able to achieve through wits and sheer hard work. Cardinal, archbishop, bishop and abbott all at the same time. You are left feeling a little sorry for a man who allowed himself to get a little too big for his boots only to fall like several other great statesmen of the time. No Government Minister served Henry VIII more faithfully and above all other things than Cardinal Wolsey. The biblical exhortation "Put not your trust in men and prince's" could have been written just for this Ipswich working class man who rose so high above all but the King who then betrayed him. This is an impartial account that sees both the greatness and the folly of this pivotal figure.

Written in a very engaging style, making it as much of a page-turner as any good novel. I really got a sense of the man, his personality and the times that he lived in.
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djjazzyd | Jun 8, 2019 |
Really nice Orthodox images. I'd forgotten I had this, but I must start to use it more.
 
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MarthaJeanne | May 19, 2008 |

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