Tombland
Sansom, C. J.2018
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Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos. The nominal king, Edward VI, is eleven years old. His uncle Edward Seymour, Lord Hertford, rules as Protector. The extirpation of the old religion by radical Protestants is stirring discontent among the populace while the Protector's prolonged war with Scotland is proving a disastrous failure and threatens to involve France. Worst of all, the economy is in collapse, inflation rages and rebellion is stirring among the peasantry. Since the old King's death, Matthew Shardlake has been working as a lawyer in the service of Henry's younger daughter, the Lady Elizabeth. The gruesome murder of Edith Boleyn, the wife of John Boleyn - a distant Norfolk relation of Elizabeth's mother - which could have political implications for Elizabeth, brings Shardlake and his assistant Nicholas Overton to the summer assizes at Norwich.
Main title:
Tombland / C.J. Sansom.
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Imprint:
London : Mantle, 2018.
Collation:
865 pages : map (colour) ; 24 cm.
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Notes:
Map on lining papers.
ISBN:
9781447284482 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.92CFH
LC class:
PR6119.A57
Local class:
FTFICFAFCMF
Language:
English
Subject:
Shardlake, Matthew (Fictitious character) -- FictionLawyers -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century -- FictionLawyers -- England -- History -- 16th century -- FictionKett's Rebellion, England, 1549 -- FictionGreat Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547 -- FictionGreat Britain -- History -- Edward VI, 1547-1553 -- FictionDetective and mystery storiesCrimeCrimeCrime
BRN:
2310785
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