Heartstone / C.J. Sansom.
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TextSeries: Sansom, C. J. Shardlake series ; 5.Publisher: London : Pan Books, 2015Copyright date: ©2010Description: 748 pages : maps ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781447285878; 1447285875Subject(s): Shardlake, Matthew (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Lawyers -- Fiction | Murder -- England -- York -- Fiction | York (England) -- History -- 16th century -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547 -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Detective and mystery stories. Summary: HISTORICAL MYSTERIES. Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong, and a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel. As the English fleet gathers at Portsmouth, the country raises the largest militia army it has ever seen. The King has debased the currency to pay for the war, and England is in the grip of soaring inflation and economic crisis. Meanwhile Matthew Shardlake is given an intriguing legal case by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr. Asked to investigate claims of "monstrous wrongs" committed against a young ward of the court, which have already involved one mysterious death, Shardlake and his assistant Barak journey to Portsmouth. Once arrived, Shardlake and Barak find themselves in a city preparing to become a war zone; and Shardlake takes the opportunity to also investigate the mysterious past of Ellen Fettipace, a young woman incarcerated in the Bedlam.
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First published: [London] : Macmillan, 2010.
HISTORICAL MYSTERIES. Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong, and a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel. As the English fleet gathers at Portsmouth, the country raises the largest militia army it has ever seen. The King has debased the currency to pay for the war, and England is in the grip of soaring inflation and economic crisis. Meanwhile Matthew Shardlake is given an intriguing legal case by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr. Asked to investigate claims of "monstrous wrongs" committed against a young ward of the court, which have already involved one mysterious death, Shardlake and his assistant Barak journey to Portsmouth. Once arrived, Shardlake and Barak find themselves in a city preparing to become a war zone; and Shardlake takes the opportunity to also investigate the mysterious past of Ellen Fettipace, a young woman incarcerated in the Bedlam.
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