History in the House: Some Remarkable Dons and the Teaching of Politics, Character and Statecraft

by Richard Davenport-Hines

Five hundred years ago, Thomas Wolsey endowed in Oxford a foundation he called Cardinal's College. Henry VIII, the monarch who dismissed and ruined him, re-established it as Christ Church later in his reign as an institution rich, spacious and imposing beyond any other.

It would help young men of Tudor England and beyond to study history, improve their minds, enlarge imaginations and broaden experience for the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0008285764
• ISBN13: 9780008285760
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: William Collins
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.1" x 7.8"