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Thomas: Shelley Mydans
Thomas: Shelley Mydans
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On a dark December afternoon, in the rising wind and rain of an unprecedented storm, four knights of the court of King Henry II rode into Canterbury in search of the archbishop. They left him dead in the blackness of his own cathedral, and the people of the town came to dip their hands in his blood. Within hours miracles were performed in his name, and soon he was proclaimed a Holy Martyr of the Church. His tomb became a center of pilgrimage for centuries to come. And yet - this was a worldly man, son of a prosperous London merchant, educated in the Church but trained as a knight by one of the great barons of the court of King Henry I, a politician, a lawyer, a protege of the saintly Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury. As chancellor to the young King Henry II, he became the second most powerful man in all England, a wily diplomat and ruthless soldier. so far, he was successful in all he did. His true testing came when Henry, hoping through his chancellor to control the Church, maneuvered his election to the See of Canterbury. Now Thomas was forced to choose between Church and State, between the orthodox Christian religion in which he believed and the slow-dying Old Religion which still influenced his king. His choice for the Church led him into bitter quarrels with Henry, into exile, to his return, and the murder which he foresaw.
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2nd impression of 1st edition by Collins 1965; hardback; dust jacket has been protected by plastic cover and is not price clipped; near fine condition, Modern LiteratureShare
