Can't Wait Wednesday: The Cardinal by Alison Weir

 

For this week's Can't Wait Wednesday, hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings, I'm featuring, The Cardinal, by Alison Weir. I have yet to read one of Weir's fiction books. This one looks like a subject I'd learn a lot about as the ones on the Tudor queens are people I read a lot about in years past. So this one looks like a good one to read for me. I really enjoy her history books so I'm hoping I like the fiction as well. I want to compare it to the book I read by David Field, The King's Commoner,  on the same subject. That gave me some good background. 

I hope you have found something you can't wait for! Happy reading ya'll!

History/Historical British Fiction

May 22, 2025

Book description courtesy of Goodreads

An extraordinary rise to power. A tragic fall from grace. 

It begins with young Tom Wolsey, the bright and brilliant son of a Suffolk tradesman, sent to study at Oxford at just eleven years old.

It ends with a disgraced cardinal, cast from the King's side and estranged from the woman he loves.

The years in between tell the story of a scholar and a lover, a father and a priest. From the court of Henry VIII, Tom builds a powerful empire of church and state. At home in London, away from prying eyes, he finds joy in a secret second life.

But when King Henry, his cherished friend, demands the ultimate sacrifice, what will Wolsey choose?

Alison Weir's riveting new Tudor novel reveals the two lives of Cardinal Wolsey, a tale of power, passion and ambition.