With this beautiful new book from Family Publications, Nicholas Schofield and Gerard Skinner provide a portrait of each cardinal of the English Church. For the first time, the biographies of every cardinal connected with England by birth or office are collected together in a fully illustrated volume.

Through examining the lives of the cardinals, we in fact discover nothing less than a history of Catholicism in England throughout the ages. From the twelfth century we learn about Robert Pullen, England’s first cardinal, and Nicholas Breakspear, who as Adrian IV remains the only Englishman ever to have been elected Pope. The turbulence of the Reformation is seen through the giant personalities of figures such as Thomas Wolsey and Reginald Pole; and the Victorian period of Catholic emancipation, the restoration of the Hierarchy and the Oxford Movement is illuminated by the lives of Cardinals Wiseman, Manning and Newman. Having also encountered many other, less well-known churchmen along the way, we finally arrive at the twentieth century and the recent cardinals of the English Church.

The book is splendidly illustrated with over 220 unique photographs and artworks, many of which are being published for the first time.

Includes a Foreword by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor.