Complex sentence: When last seen in the book, Pole is presented as a tragic, broken man, whose dreams and ideals have all turned to ashes, and who, while facing the hostility the Protestants, is suddenly also attacked by the Pope, his former friend Caraffa.
Split into simpler sentences: When last seen in the book, Pole is presented as a tragic, broken man, whose dreams and ideals have all turned to ashes. While facing the hostility of the Protestants, he is also suddenly attacked by the Pope, his former friend Caraffa.