Tombland
Sansom, C. J.2019
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Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos. The nominal king, Edward VI, is 11 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 assises at Norwich.
Main title:
Tombland / C.J. Sansom.
Author:
Sansom, C. J., author
Imprint:
London : Mantle, 2019.
Collation:
865 pages : map (colour) ; 24 cm.
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ISBN:
9781447284505 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.9'2C
Local class:
FICFAFC
Language:
English
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BRN:
2477504
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