Heartstone
By: C.J. Sansom
Series: The Shardlake series -- v. 5; Shardlake series -- v. 5.
Publisher: Pan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780330447119; 9780230711259
Subjects: Matthew Shardlake (Fictitious character); Fiction; Lawyers; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Originally published: London: Mantle, 2010.