The Sack of Rome

E. R. Chamberlin

ISBN 10: 0880290676 / ISBN 13: 9780880290678

Published by Dorset Press, 1985

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Synopsis:

Here is E. R. Chamberlin's account of one of the great tragedies of history. It was a tragedy that nobody intended, but it cost the lives of thousands and brought a way of life to an end. The author traces the origins of the tragedy through the personalities of the people whose miscalculations brought it about: Charles, Duke of Bourbon, leader of the army, who was killed at the moment of assault, leaving it leaderless and doubly dangerous; Franois I, the brilliant, hedonistic King of France, who drove Bourbon to treason and so helped start the avalanche; Frundsburg, the giant German who brought his "landsknechts" across the Alps to march on Rome with the Frenchmen he despised; the Emperor Charles V, the deeply religious man who nevertheless unleashed his army to teach "that villain of a pope" a lesson; and the Pope himself the scholarly, timorous Medici Pope, Clement VII, whose vacillations provided the final trigger for the catastrophe.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Sack of Rome
Publisher: Dorset Press
Publication Date: 1985
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket