- Matthew Shardlake (Fictitious character), Fiction, Lawyers, History
Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong, and a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel. As the English fleet gathers at Portsmouth, the country raises the largest militia army it has ever seen. The King has debased the currency to pay for the war.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- C. J. Sansom
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 542
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing, Mantle, Random House Canada
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781447285878
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