- Matthew Shardlake (Fictitious character), Fiction, Lawyers, History
It is 1540 and the hottest summer of the sixteenth cantury. Matthew Shardlake, believing himself out of favour with Thomas Cromwell, is busy trying to maintain his legal practice and keep a low profile. But his involvement with a murder case, defending a girl accused of brutally murdering her young cousin, brings him once again into contact with the king's chief minister - and a new assignment ...
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- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- C. J. Sansom
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 528
- Publisher
- Macmillan, Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing, Pan Macmillan
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781664498679
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