{"product_id":"breakspear-9781803997506","title":"Breakspear","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA highly lucid and readable account.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn impressive and absorbing book.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e  Jonathan Phillips, Professor of Crusading History at Royal Holloway\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn over 2,000 years of Christianity, there has been only one pope from England: Nicholas Breakspear.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBreakspear was elected pope in 1154, but his story started long before that. The son of a local churchman near St Albans, he would battle his way across Europe to defend and develop Christianity, facing turmoil in Scandinavia and the Moors in the Iberian Peninsula. But it was after he took the Throne of St Peter as Adrian IV that he would face his greatest threat: Frederick Barbarossa, who was determined to restore the Holy Roman Empire to its former greatness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBreakspear: The English Pope\u003c\/em\u003e Who Went to War, R.A.J. Waddingham opens the archives to tell the story of a man who rose from humble beginnings to glorious power  and yet has been all but forgotten ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470101483863,"sku":"9781803997506","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781803997506.jpg?v=1744897409","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/breakspear-9781803997506","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}