# The Cardinal

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- Book: [The Cardinal](https://www.bookquiver.com/alison-weir/the-cardinal) ([The Cardinal.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/alison-weir/the-cardinal.md))
- Authors: [Alison Weir](https://www.bookquiver.com/alison-weir)
- Publisher: Ballantine Books
- ISBN: 978-05-9397-472-8
- Pages: 464
- Published: 2026-05-12
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In this “immersive tale of Tudor intrigue” (Publishers Weekly), the New York Times bestselling author of The Last White Rose explores the rise of Thomas Wolsey, who was Henry VIII’s chief...