Heartstone (The Shardlake series, 5, Band 5)
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Meanwhile, Matthew Shardlake is given an intriguing legal case by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr.
Asked to investigate claims of 'monstrous wrongs' committed against his young ward, Hugh Curteys, by Sir Nicholas Hobbey, Shardlake and his assistant Barak journey to Portsmouth. There, Shardlake also intends to investigate the mysterious past of Ellen Fettiplace, a young woman incarcerated in the Bedlam.
Once in Portsmouth, Shardlake and Barak find themselves in a city preparing for war. The mysteries surrounding the Hobbey family and the events that destroyed Ellen’s family nineteen years before, involve Shardlake in reunions both with an old friend and an old enemy close to the throne. Soon events will converge on board one of the king’s great warships gathered in Portsmouth harbour, waiting to sail out and confront the approaching French fleet ...
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This was my favourite Shardlake book so far i think! I just really enjoyed the family drama, as tragic and sad as it was. Overall, it was a 'typical' Shardlake novel, though having read some i do not feel so 'cold' towards the characters anymore as i did with the first one or two (i loved the books but couldn't get an emotional connection to the characters), so maybe that is another reason why i enjoyed this best so far.
Description
Meanwhile, Matthew Shardlake is given an intriguing legal case by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr.
Asked to investigate claims of 'monstrous wrongs' committed against his young ward, Hugh Curteys, by Sir Nicholas Hobbey, Shardlake and his assistant Barak journey to Portsmouth. There, Shardlake also intends to investigate the mysterious past of Ellen Fettiplace, a young woman incarcerated in the Bedlam.
Once in Portsmouth, Shardlake and Barak find themselves in a city preparing for war. The mysteries surrounding the Hobbey family and the events that destroyed Ellen’s family nineteen years before, involve Shardlake in reunions both with an old friend and an old enemy close to the throne. Soon events will converge on board one of the king’s great warships gathered in Portsmouth harbour, waiting to sail out and confront the approaching French fleet ...
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This was my favourite Shardlake book so far i think! I just really enjoyed the family drama, as tragic and sad as it was. Overall, it was a 'typical' Shardlake novel, though having read some i do not feel so 'cold' towards the characters anymore as i did with the first one or two (i loved the books but couldn't get an emotional connection to the characters), so maybe that is another reason why i enjoyed this best so far.