'C. J. Sansom's books are arguably the best Tudor novels going' - The Sunday Times Tombland
is the seventh epic novel in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series perfect
for fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory. England 1549. Two years after the death of
Henry VIII England is sliding into chaos. The economy is in collapse inflation rages and
rebellion is stirring among the peasantry . . . Since the old king's death Matthew Shardlake
has been working as a lawyer in the service of Henry's daughter the Lady Elizabeth. The
gruesome murder of Edith Boleyn - a distant relative in Norfolk - sends Shardlake and his
assistant Nicholas Overton to the summer Assizes at Norwich. And then East Anglia explodes as
peasant rebellion breaks out across the country. The yeoman Robert Kett leads a force of
thousands in overthrowing the landlords and taking over Norwich England's second largest city.
Now Shardlake must decide where his ultimate loyalties lie as government forces in London
prepare to march north and destroy the rebels. Meanwhile he discovers that the murder of Edith
Boleyn may have connections reaching into both the heart of the Norfolk gentry and the rebel
camp itself . . . This is the seventh novel in C. J. Sansom's thrilling historical series
that started with Dissolution . Includes an Historical Essay from the author on Reimagining
Kett's Rebellion.
