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Tombland (Paperback)
Series: The Shardlake series
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Tudor England is brought vividly to life in Tombland, the seventh
novel in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series.
Summer, 1549. 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, Duke of Somerset, rules as
Protector. The destruction 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. There they are reunited with Shardlake's former
assistant Jack Barak. The three find layers of mystery and danger
surrounding Edith's death, as a second murder is committed. And
then East Anglia explodes, as peasant rebellion breaks out across
the country. The yeoman Robert Kett leads a force of thousands in
overthrowing the landlords and establishing a vast camp outside
Norwich. Soon the rebels have taken over the city, England's second
largest. Barak throws in his lot with the rebels; Nicholas, opposed
to them, becomes a prisoner in Norwich Castle; while Shardlake has
to decide where his ultimate loyalties lie, as government forces in
London prepare to march north and destroy the rebels. Meanwhile he
discovers that the murder of Edith Boleyn may have connections
reaching into both the heart of the rebel camp and of the Norfolk
gentry . . . Includes an Historical Essay from the author on
Reimagining Kett's Rebellion. The previous books in the bestselling
Shardlake series are Dissolution, Dark Fire, Sovereign, Revelation,
Heartstone and Lamentation.
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