![]() ![]() But this time the object of his affections is resisting. King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife. ![]() King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to attend an extravagant submission of his rebellious subjects in York. Already in the city are lawyer Matthew Shardlake and his assistant Jack Barak. ![]() Matthew Shardlake, believing himself out of favour with Thomas Cromwell, is busy trying to maintain his legal practice and keep a low profile.Īutumn, 1541. It is 1540 and the hottest summer of the sixteenth century. Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and the country is waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers ever seen. It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. ![]()
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