Steven Crossley
1) Sovereign
Author
Series
Matthew Shardlake novels volume 3
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Physical Desc
583 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In fall 1541, Henry VIII, accompanied by his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, a thousand soldiers, and other members of high society, travels from London to York, to regain control of his rebellious northern subjects, but a deadly plot threatens his journey and everything Henry holds dear.
2) Heartstone
Author
Series
Matthew Shardlake novels volume 5
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
633 p.; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
With England at war in the summer of 1545, Matthew Shardlake is about to encounter the most politically dangerous case of his career. A servant of Queen Catherine Parr has asked Shardlake to investigate claims against a young ward of the court, which takes him to Priory and Portsmouth where they discover a connection between the ward and a woman incarcerated in Bedlam Hospital for the Insane.
3) Dissolution
Author
Series
Matthew Shardlake novels volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
390 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
It is 1537, and Thomas Cromwell is charged with protecting the newborn Church of England. So when one of his commissioners is murdered in a monastery, he sends his sharpest lawyer to investigate.