Popish plotting
Sep 30, 2021
2 minutes
Conclave 1559: The Story of a Papal Election by Mary Hollingsworth Head of Zeus, 320 pages, £25
This follow-up to 2004’s critically acclaimed The sees the return of the 16th-century cardinal Ippolito d’Este, as we follow him through the machinations of a papal election. It chronicles the events of 1559, an auspicious year in Europe. War-weary Spain and France
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