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Part of series: Matthew Shardlake Part 5
Key ideas from the book
- The story is set in England in 1545, during a war with France.
- Shardlake investigates claims of wrongs against a young ward of the court.
- The case involves a mysterious death and leads Shardlake and Barak to Portsmouth.
- Shardlake also investigates Ellen Fettipace’s past and the events that destroyed her family.
- The book places its mysteries amid Tudor England’s military preparations and economic crisis.
About Heartstone by C.J. Sansom
Set in the summer of 1545, Heartstone follows lawyer Matthew Shardlake as England faces war with France. With a French fleet preparing to cross the Channel, Portsmouth is bracing for conflict amid economic strain and preparations for a major militia army.
An old servant of Queen Catherine Parr asks Shardlake to investigate alleged wrongs against a young ward of the court, a case already touched by a mysterious death. In Portsmouth, Shardlake and his assistant Barak also look into the past of Ellen Fettipace, a young woman confined in Bedlam. The investigations draw on Tudor legal and political life and bring events toward a King's warship in Portsmouth harbour. Readers interested in historical mysteries and the reign of Henry VIII will find a detailed 1545 setting here.
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