Biography

This fresh exploration of the life, work and writing of Archbishop Pole, focuses particularly on Pole's final years (1556-58) as Archbishop of Canterbury. Stressing the events and character of Pole's 'English' life, up to his exile in the 1530s, as well as in his final years in England, this book explores his close relationship with Henry VIII and

Elizabeth, their marriage and their dynasty.

The first biography in over a century of Adrian IV , the only English pope in the history of the Catholic Church