The fifth in the series. Katherine Parr is now Queen; lawyer Shardlake, charged by her servant to unravel the wrongs done to a young ward, becomes embroiled in the sinister world of the King's Court of Wards. War looms, a massive French fleet is approaching England. Over all hangs the ever present menace of the monster King and his powerful minions. Sansom, an historian as well as a novelist, paints a powerful picture of those malevolent times.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 61 Summer 2011 ) |
