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SUMMARY:The Cardinal
DESCRIPTION:Alison Weir\, The Cardinal\nBestselling historical novelist\, and the UK's leading female historian\, Alison Weir\, joins us at the beautiful Chelmsford Cathedral to talk about her latest book\, The Cardinal. Step into the thrill and danger of Tudor England and witness the incredible rise and tragic fall of Thomas Wolsey.\nThis event will include an audience Q&A and after the event there will be an opportunity to get your book signed by Alison Weir.\n\nIn partnership with Chelmsford Cathedral.\n\n\n\nTuesday 10th June\, 7.00pm\nVenue: Chelmsford Cathedral\, New Street\, Chelmsford\, CM1 1TY\nTickets: £15 / £12 concessions (Students\, Under 27s and Unwaged)\nBox Office: essexbookfestival.org.uk or Mercury Theatre 01206 573948\n \n\n\n\n \nThe Cardinal by Alison Weir\n\n\nStep into the thrill and danger of Tudor England in the rich\, compelling new novel from Sunday Times bestseller Alison Weir - and witness the rise and fall of Cardinal Wolsey.\n\nIt begins with Thomas\, the 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.\n\nIn her groundbreaking new novel\, Alison Weir draws out the inner man for the first time and tells his story. It is one of a scholar\, a lover and a father\, a rival\, a politician and a priest. A man who built an empire in England while leading a secret second life\, who paid the highest price for his success.\n\nThese many faces of Thomas Wolsey chart his incredible rise and tragic fall\, and reveal a tale of power\, passion and ambition. By turns riveting and surprising\, this is Wolsey as you've never seen him before.\n\n \n\nOrder a copy of The Cardinal by Alison at the Essex Book Festival online bookshop at bookshop.org\n\n \n\n\n\n \nAlison Weir\n\n\nAlison Weir is a bestselling historical novelist of Tudor fiction\, and the leading female historian in the United Kingdom. She has published more than thirty books\, including many leading works of non-fiction\, and has sold over three million copies worldwide.\n\nHer novels include the Tudor Rose trilogy\, which spans three generations of history's most iconic family - the Tudors\, and the highly acclaimed Six Tudor Queens series about the wives of Henry VIII\, all of which were Sunday Times bestsellers.\n\nAlison is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an honorary life patron of Historic Royal Palaces.\n\nFind Alison online: X: @AlisonWeirBooks / FaceBook: Alison Weir | www.alisonweir.org.uk\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n 
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LOCATION:New Street\, Chelmsford\, Essex\, CM1 1TY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Historical Fiction
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