King Henry VIII is slowly, painfully dying.
CJ Sansom's novel is brought to life by dramatist Colin MacDonald, director Bruce Young and an outstanding cast.The eagerly anticipated new Shardlake novel from the number-one best-selling author. ' From the exquisite embroidery on a sliver of silk to the metallic stench of fresh blood, this portrait of Tudor England is full-on sensory immersion.
Justin Salinger stars as Shardlake in this stunning sixth instalment of the 'Shardlake' series. Shardlake's search for the missing manuscript takes him from London's seedy backstreets to the heart of the Tudor court, where he becomes enmeshed in a web of intrigue, deception and dark political machinations - and finds himself facing a fateful audience with King Henry himself. Only one page has resurfaced, clenched in the fist of a murdered printer. She has written a compromising confessional tract, so incendiary it could see her accused of treason - and someone has stolen it from her private chamber. In this climate of fear and uncertainty, the Queen has committed a dangerous indiscretion. The palace is in turmoil - King Henry VIII is dying, and his Protestant and Catholic councillors are engaged in a desperate power struggle to control his eight-year-old heir, Prince Edward. Unwilling to put himself in danger again, he almost declines - but his loyalty to her permits no refusal. His unease deepens when a messenger arrives from Whitehall Palace: the Queen is in trouble, and asking for his help. Rumours are circulating that Anne had connections to his protector, Queen Catherine Parr - and if she falls, he could be next. It's a grisly, cruel spectacle that leaves him feeling disturbed. The radical Protestant preacher Anne Askew has been arrested and condemned to death, and Shardlake is ordered to attend the burning. Sansom's best-selling Tudor crime series, featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlakeġ546, and the great heretic hunt is underway across England. A breathtaking BBC Radio 4 full-cast adaptation of the sixth novel in C.
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