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Benedictine monasteries Fiction Great Britain History Henry VIII, 1509-1547 Fiction Historical fiction Lawyers England Fiction Lawyers England London History 16th century Fiction London (England) Fiction Monasticism and religious orders Fiction Monks Fiction Serial murderers England Fiction Shardlake, Matthew (Fictitious character) FictionSansom, C. J.
Summary: Asked by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr to investigate claims of wrongs committed against a young ward of the court, Matthew Shardlake embarks on the most politically dangerous case of his career against a backdrop of war between England and France.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2011
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Summary: "As Henry VIII lies on his deathbed, an incendiary manuscript threatens to tear his court apart. Summer, 1546. King Henry VIII is slowly, painfully dying. His Protestant and Catholic councilors are engaged in a final and decisive power struggle; whoever wins will control the government. As heretics are hunted across London, and radical Protestants are burned at the stake, the Catholic party...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company 2015
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Summary: It is the winter of 1537 and England is divided into those faithful to the Catholic Church and those loyal to the King and the newly established Church of England. Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's feared vicar-general, crusades against the old Church with savage new laws, rigged trials, and a vast network of informers. Queen Anne Boleyn has been beheaded and monasteries are being dissolved--their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2004
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Summary: At the behest of a former servant to Catherine Parr, Matthew Shardlake travels to Portsmouth to investigate claims of unspeakable crimes committed upon a young ward of the court. There, Shardlake uncovers disturbing evidence even as England's continuing war with France rages around him.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009