Cardinal Pole (novel)
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| Author | William Harrison Ainsworth |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical |
| Publisher | Chapman and Hall |
Publication date | 1863 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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| Preceded by | The Tower of London |
Cardinal Pole is an 1863 historical novel by the British author William Harrison Ainsworth.[1][2] After being serialised in Bentley's Miscellany it was published in three volumes by Chapman and Hall. It set during the mid-sixteenth century and revolves around cardinal Reginald Pole during the reign of Mary I of England. It functions as an effective sequel to the author's 1840 novel The Tower of London.[3]