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Heartstone

Heartstone

by C. J. Sansom
Publication Date: 11/06/2011

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It's 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 ...Meanwhile, Matthew Shardlake is given an intriguing legal case by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr. Asked to investigate claims of 'monstrous wrongs' committed against his young ward, Hugh Curteys, by Sir Nicholas Hobbey, Shardlake and his assistant Barak journey to Portsmouth. There, Shardlake also intends to investigate the mysterious past of Ellen Fettiplace, a young woman incarcerated in the Bedlam. Once in Portsmouth, Shardlake and Barak find themselves in a city preparing for war. The mysteries surrounding the Hobbey family and the events that destroyed Ellen's family nineteen years before, involve Shardlake in reunions both with an old friend and an old enemy close to the throne. Soon events will converge on board one of the king's great warships gathered in Portsmouth harbour, waiting to sail out and confront the approaching French fleet...
ISBN:
9780330447119
9780330447119
Category:
Historical mysteries
Publication Date:
11-06-2011
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
592
Dimensions (mm):
197x130x47mm
Weight:
0.52kg
C. J. Sansom

C. J. Sansom was educated at Birmingham University, where he took a BA and then a PhD in history.

After working in a variety of jobs, he retrained as a solicitor and practised in Sussex until becoming a full-time writer.

Sansom is the bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Shardlake series, as well as Winter in Madrid and Dominion. He lives in Sussex.

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