Basil Hume: The Monk Cardinal
The Monk Cardinal
$43.76
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
13 July 2006
Summary
Following Cardinal Basil Hume’s death on 17 June 1999, The Times concluded his obituary with a remarkable accolade: ‘Few churchman in this century, inside or outside the Catholic Church, have died more deeply loved.’
Basil Hume served as Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster for twenty-three years and his holiness and wisdom made him an extraordinary leader. In this enthralling biography, Anthony Howard, who has had unique access to Cardinal Hume’s private papers and the people …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780755312481 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0755312481 |
| Author: | Anthony Howard |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Review |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 13 July 2006 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 28mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
The official biography of the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, one of the most inspiring spiritual leaders of the 20th century.
‘an excellent biography…it is a mark of Howard’s achievement that, as a self-confessed “wistful agnostic”, he is able to describe the intricacies of Hume’s monastic, spiritual and episcopal life so well’ - Sunday Times
‘An eminent biographer … Howard provides delightful details of Hume’s human side’ - IndependentAbout The Author
Anthony Howard
Anthony Howard is a distinguished political observer who has been editor of both the Listener and the New Statesman and has written for the Guardian, the Sunday Times and the Observer. He currently writes a weekly political column for The Times and is well known to viewers of BBC TV’s ‘Panorama’ and ‘Newsnight’, as well as many other political programmes. In 1997 he was made a CBE and now lives in London and Shropshire.
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