The Chancellor Author:Lawrence Schoonover Set in the turbulent and transitional years of the early Renaissance in France, it has as its hero Antoine Duprate, chancellor of the king's epargne. Diplomat and protector, scapegoat and scoundrel, he was the most powerful subject in Europe. No only was he the financial wizard behind the glittering throne of Francis the First, he was also an ar... more »chbishop aspiring to be a cardinal. Equally at home on a war horse or on his knees, Antoine Duprate could wear celibate wool or a cavalier's steel as his duties demanded.« less