Alison Weir: The Cardinal: The Secret Life of Thomas Wolsey
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It begins with Thomas, son of a Suffolk tradesman, a brilliant boy sent to study at Oxford at the tender age of eleven.
It ends with a disgraced Cardinal, cast from the King’s side and estranged from those he loves.
In her groundbreaking new novel Alison Weir draws out the inner Thomas Wolsey for the first time: scholar, lover and father, rival, politician and priest. These many faces of Wolsey chart his incredible rise and tragic fall, and reveal a tale of power, passion and ambition. A man who built an empire in England while leading a secret second life and then paid the highest price for his success.
By turns riveting and surprising, this is Wolsey as you’ve never seen him before.
Tickets £15.00
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It ends with a disgraced Cardinal, cast from the King’s side and estranged from those he loves.
In her groundbreaking new novel Alison Weir draws out the inner Thomas Wolsey for the first time: scholar, lover and father, rival, politician and priest. These many faces of Wolsey chart his incredible rise and tragic fall, and reveal a tale of power, passion and ambition. A man who built an empire in England while leading a secret second life and then paid the highest price for his success.
By turns riveting and surprising, this is Wolsey as you’ve never seen him before.
Tickets £15.00
includes refreshments
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