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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, for fans of
Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory.
*The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller*
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 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. 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.
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