Continue the gripping historical series with Tombland. Shardlake, still haunted by events aboard the warship Mary Rose the year before, is working on the Cotterstoke Will case, a savage dispute between rival siblings. Call us on: +442033020460 Zeno Hintermeier is a scientist working as a travel guide on an Antarctic cruise ship, encouraging the wealthy to marvel at the least explored continent and to open their eyes to its rapid degradation. His Protestant and Catholic councillors are engaged in a final and decisive power struggle; whoever wins will control the government of Henry's successor, eight-year-old Prince Edward. But, although the book was kept secret and hidden inside a locked chest in the Queen's private chamber, it has - inexplicably - vanished. The number one bestselling new Shardlake novel from C.
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M Harris
He's also still pretty wobbly after the Mary Rose incident in Heartstone (a great book). I would say that this book does suffer from being too long, with some plot threads that could probably have been cut, and some scenes that outstay their welcome.
But perhaps Sansom has earned the right to ramble a little when he's produced such a great series overall. This story focuses on the theft of a book written by Queen Catherine Parr, and this part of the mystery is really strong, with a good cast of suspects and a great reveal at the end. Henry VIII is dying, and Shardlake isn't sure of his position under his son, Edward.
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