December 24, 2020
Heartstone by C. J. Sansom
1545 - England is at war again. Henry VIII's invasion of France was a catastrophe, and his subjects suffer under his increasing irrationality. At the request of Queen Catherine Parr, lawyer Matthew Shardlake takes on a case of alleged abuse committed against a ward of the court. At the same time, Matthew is investigating the case of a woman residing in Bedlam (whom he met in the previous book). With his long-time assistant Jack Barak, Matthew travels to Portsmouth to investigate a strange family where one death has already occurred. They arrive just in time for the French invasion, which has disastrous consequences for the English navy.
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