Basil Hume: The Monk Cardinal by Anthony Howard

Basil Hume: The Monk Cardinal by Anthony Howard

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 who knew him best, traces his life, from his Newcastle upbringing through to his schooling at Ampleforth and his reign at Westminster, including his long and ultimately successful fight on behalf of the Maguire Seven and the Guildford Four.

'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' * Independent *

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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ISBN 13	9780755312481
ISBN 10	0755312481
Title	Basil Hume: The Monk Cardinal
Author	Anthony Howard
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Headline Publishing Group
Year published	2006-06-05
Number of pages	352
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