Henry VIII is wooing Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife. Archbishop Cranmer and the reformers, also in the 'hot-gospel' common folk, are threatened as the King returns towards Catholicism, if not to the Pope. Times are anxious and a serial killer is at work. But is he possessed by the devil, or is this human madness? With these murders that Shardlake and his assistant must solve, Sansom researches deeply into the primitive ideas of medicine, witchcraft and magic in Tudor times.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 54 November 2009 ) |
