Soon the rebels have taken over the city, England's second largest.īarak throws in his lot with the rebels Nicholas, opposed to them, becomes a prisoner in Norwich Castle while Shardlake has to decide where his ultimate loyalties lie. Yeoman Robert Kett establishes a vast camp outside Norwich and leads a force of thousands to overthow the landlords. The three find layers of mystery and danger surrounding the death of Edith Boleyn, as more murders are committed.ĭuring their investigation, a peasant rebellion breaks out across the country.

There they are reunited with Shardlake's former assistant Jack Barak. The gruesome murder of the wife of John Boleyn, a distant Norfolk relation of Elizabeth's mother - which could have political implications for Elizabeth - brings Shardlake and his young assistant Nicholas Overton to the summer assizes at Norwich. Since the old King's death, Matthew Shardlake has been working as a lawyer in the service of Henry's younger daughter, the Lady Elizabeth. Worst of all, the economy is in collapse, inflation rages and rebellion is stirring among the peasantry. The Protector's prolonged war with Scotland is proving a disastrous failure. Radical Protestants are conducting all out war on the old religion, stirring discontent among the people. His uncle Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, rules as Protector. The king, Edward VI, is eleven years old. Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos…

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