Heartstone

Paperback, 450 pages

Published March 1, 2011 by Mantle.

ISBN:
978-0-230-74415-8
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Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong, and a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel. As the English fleet gathers at Portsmouth, the country raises the largest militia army it has ever seen. The King has debased the currency to pay for the war.

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reviewed Heartstone by C. J. Sansom (The Shardlake series -- v. 5)

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I do enjoy the Shardlake series, and this is the best one so far. I do not normally enjoy crime novels, but this book is so much more than that, as it really invites the reader to consider what it would be like to live in such a fragile yet fascinating time. Of course Hilary Mantel rules the Tudor era from the 'great men' point of view, but Sansom gets us down to the street level.

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