C. J. Sansom

A Shardlake NovelShardlake goes to war...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...

A Shardlake NovelBook 3 in the highly acclaimed Matthew Shardlake mystery series, now available from Vintage Canada.Autumn, 1541. King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to attend an extravagant submission by his rebellious subjects in York. Already in the city are lawyer Matthew Shardlake and his assistant, Jack Barak....

A Shardlake NovelIt is spring, 1543 and King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife but this time the object of his affections is resisting. Archbishop Cranmer and the embattled Protestant faction at court are watching keenly, for Lady Catherine is known to have reformist sympathies.Matthew Shardlake,...

A Shardlake NovelBook 2 in the highly acclaimed Matthew Shardlake mystery series, now available from Vintage Canada.It is 1540 and the hottest summer of the 16th century. 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...