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 ...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 ...
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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 ...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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Near fine in Near fine jacket. Near fine condition. Mantle, 2010. First edition-first printing (1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2). Black hardback(brown lettering to the spine, small nick on the edges of the cover) with Dj(small tear on the edges of the front Dj cover, two small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Illustrated with a colour map inside the front and back cover, b/w maps. Nice and clean pages with a small nick and light shelf wear on the outer edges, two small creases on the edges of the pages. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.634pp. Price un-clipped. First edition. Heavy book(approx 1.2 Kg).
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Missing jacket. The dust jacket of the book is missing. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.
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Good. Binding and spine intact. Dust Jacket has some shelf/edge wear. No apparent marks throughout this book. Foxing and tanning to pages. spine is cocked. Tracking available on most domestic orders.
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F- in VG+ jacket. F-/VG+. 8vo. original black blindstamped boards gilt (a trifle rubbed) in dustwrrapper priced £18.99 (slightly rubbed & frayed); pp. [vi (last blank)], 634, with an endpaper map + text map of London. Heavy item (1.3 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. Volume five in the Matthew Shardlake series of Tudor mysteries, ths one set during the attempted French invasion of 1545.