![]() 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. Worst of all, the economy is in collapse, inflation rages and rebellion is stirring among the peasantry. ![]() 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. His uncle Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, rules as Protector. The nominal king, Edward VI, is eleven years old. Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos. ![]() Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series. Tudor England is brought vividly to life in Tombland, the seventh novel in C. ![]()
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