As the English fleet gathers at Portsmouth, the country raises the largest militia army it has ever seen. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong, and a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel.

Archbishop Cranmer and the embattled Protestant faction at court are watching keenly, for Lady Catherine is known to have reformist sympathies. But this time the object of his affections is resisting. King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife. King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to attend an extravagant submission of his rebellious subjects in York. Already in the city are lawyer Matthew Shardlake and his assistant Jack Barak. Sansoms number one bestselling Shardlake series, for fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory. Matthew Shardlake, believing himself out of favour with Thomas Cromwell, is busy trying to maintain his legal practice and keep a low profile.Īutumn, 1541. Murder, mystery and turbulent history are expertly twisted together in Sansoms fifth Tudor crime. (shelved 26 times as cj-sansom) avg rating 4.35 18,788 ratings published 2010. Sansoms fifith spellbinding mystery in the Shardlake series.

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. It is 1540 and the hottest summer of the sixteenth century. avg rating 4.36 22,837 ratings published 2008. Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and the country is waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers ever seen. Sansoms number one bestselling Shardlake series, for fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory.When it comes to. It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066.

Heartstone by cj sansom