The year is 1540. Shardlake has been pulled, against his better judgement, into defending Elizabeth Wentworth, charged with murdering her cousin. He is powerless to help the girl, yet she is suddenly given a reprieve – courtesy of Cromwell. The...
Invierno de 1537, Inglaterra. Bajo el reinado de Enrique Vlll, la disolución de los monasterios está en marcha.Thomas Cromwell, el temido vicario general del rey se enfrenta a la vieja Iglesia católica con leyes draconianas y...
From one of P. D. James's favorite mystery authors comes the third Shardlake novelAutumn 1541. A plot against the throne has been uncovered, and Henry VIII has set off on a spectacular progress from London to York, along with a thousand...