"Having hugely enjoyed Anton Lesser's reading of Sovereign, the third of C.J. "Anton Lesser is in his usual brilliant form. "Sanson's description of the brutality of Tudor life is strong stuff, but he is a master storyteller". "Anton Lesser performs with marvellous versatility, helped by Sansom's sure touch for voicing telling detail with simple directness." ( The Times) As the king and the Great Progress arrive in the city, Barak stumbles upon a terrifying secret, and a chain of events unfolds that will lead Shardlake to the most terrifying fate a subject of Henry VIII can fear: his own imprisonment in the Tower of London. As well as assisting with the legal work of processing petitions to the king, Shardlake has reluctantly undertaken a special mission: to ensure the welfare of an important but dangerous conspirator being returned to London for interrogation.īut the murder of a local glazier involves Shardlake in deeper mysteries, connected not only to the prisoner in York Castle but to the royal family itself. Accompanied by a thousand soldiers, the cream of the nobility, and his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, the king is to attend an extravagant submission of the local gentry at York.Īlready in the city are lawyer Matthew Shardlake and his assistant, Jack Barak. Following the uncovering of a plot against his throne in Yorkshire, King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to overawe his rebellious subjects there. Shortlisted for Theaksons Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year, 2008.Īutumn, 1541.
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