Matthew Shardlake novels
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1) Dissolution
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Matthew Shardlake novels volume 1
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It is 1537, and Thomas Cromwell is charged with protecting the newborn Church of England. So when one of his commissioners is murdered in a monastery, he sends his sharpest lawyer to investigate.
2) Dark fire
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Matthew Shardlake novels volume 2
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Sixteenth-century lawyer Matthew Shardlake's latest case is to help a young girl accused of murder clear her name, but the girl's refusal to talk about the events, even under torture, complicate Matthew's effort to prove her innocence and make him question if she really is responsible for the killing.
3) Sovereign
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Matthew Shardlake novels volume 3
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In fall 1541, Henry VIII, accompanied by his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, a thousand soldiers, and other members of high society, travels from London to York, to regain control of his rebellious northern subjects, but a deadly plot threatens his journey and everything Henry holds dear.
4) Revelation
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Matthew Shardlake novels volume 4
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Solicitor Matthew Shardlake, leery of becoming too involved with royalty, is dismayed when his investigation of the murder of his old friend Roger Elliard leads him to the book of Revelation, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the prospective sixth wife of King Henry VIII, and a confused young client housed in the Bedlam hospital for the insane.
5) Heartstone
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Matthew Shardlake novels volume 5
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With England at war in the summer of 1545, Matthew Shardlake is about to encounter the most politically dangerous case of his career. A servant of Queen Catherine Parr has asked Shardlake to investigate claims against a young ward of the court, which takes him to Priory and Portsmouth where they discover a connection between the ward and a woman incarcerated in Bedlam Hospital for the Insane.
6) Lamentation
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Matthew Shardlake novels volume 6
Pub. Date
2015.
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First United States edition.
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"As Henry VIII lies on his deathbed, an incendiary manuscript threatens to tear his court apart. Summer, 1546. King Henry VIII is slowly, painfully dying. His Protestant and Catholic councilors are engaged in a final and decisive power struggle; whoever wins will control the government. As heretics are hunted across London, and radical Protestants are burned at the stake, the Catholic party focuses its attack on Henry's sixth wife--and Matthew Shardlake's...
7) Tombland
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Matthew Shardlake novels volume 7
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When a distant relative of Princess Elizabeth is found dead, Matthew Shardlake is sent to investigate the murder, which may have connections reaching to a peasant rebellion sweeping the country.