The plot is brilliant and compelling – and once you start reading everything else will just fall by the wayside. Once you start reading it is impossible to put down and even when you reach a point in the story where you think that everything is sorted, there's a major part of the story still to come. The Main thing that you need to know about this book is that you shouldn't even pick it up unless you've plenty of free time in which to read it through to the end. Shardlake hadn't long been in York when a glazier was murdered and he found himself embroiled in mysteries which could have brought down the Tudor throne. He was to accompany an important but dangerous prisoner back to London for interrogation. Lawyer Matthew Shardlake and his assistant Jack Barak were awaiting the arrival of the progress as Shardlake had legal work arising from petitions to the king and he'd also, rather reluctantly, undertaken a mission for Archbishop Cranmer. The culmination of this was a submission by his rebellious subjects in the city of York. In the autumn of 1541 Henry VIII had set out on his spectacular royal progress to the north of England. Compelling plot, brilliant characters and a story you can't put down. Summary: The third book in Sansom's Shardlake series looks at the royal progress to the north of England.
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