Excerpt from Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury, Vol. 7 Grace. As had been the case with Wolsey, so had it been with Crumwell; the king left to his minister the details of business, until there was an outcry among the people, and then Henry arose like a giant. He assumed the direction of affairs; he regained the popularity he dearly loved by throwing the blame of all past miscon duct ou the minister; and he was prepared to sacrifice the minister himself, if the sacrifice was demanded by the people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.