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- Published on: 2010
- Binding: Hardcover
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76 of 78 people found the following review helpful.
`Murder follows me on this journey'.
By Jennifer Cameron-Smith
In the summer of 1545 England is at war with France. A massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the channel as a consequence of Henry VIII's unsuccessful invasion of France. The English fleet is gathering at Portsmouth, and the country is raising a militia army. The currency has been debased to pay for the war, and the country is gripped by soaring inflation and economic crisis. Against this backdrop of turmoil and uncertainty, Matthew Shardlake's legal services are requested by Queen Catherine Parr to investigate the death of Michael Calfhill, the son of one of her former ladies-in-waiting. Michael, a former tutor to Hugh Curteys, believed that `monstrous wrongs' were being committed against Hugh. Hugh, and his now deceased sister Emma, became wards of Sir Nicholas Hobbey when their own parents died of plague. Michael is found dead in an apparent suicide before the matter is dealt with. While Shardlake is not a lawyer of the Court of Wards, which governs the affairs of orphaned children, he agrees to take the case.
Investigation of the case involves travel through southern England where Shardlake also hopes to investigate the mysterious past of Ellen Fettiplace (an inmate of the Bedlam whom we first met in `Revelation'). Shardlake's investigations lead him into danger as he seeks to make sense of what he uncovers. Neither his investigation of Hugh Curteys's wardship nor of Ellen Fettiplace's past progress smoothly and while he receives assistance from an old friend; he also crosses his old foe, Sir Richard Rich. Ultimately, Matthew Shardlake becomes caught up in the events at Portsmouth, where the fleet is massing, and ends up aboard the Mary Rose.
Matthew Shardlake is a wonderful character, and through his intelligent and principled investigations we are treated to a splendid view of Tudor life, law, history and politics. While it would be possible to read and enjoy this novel on a standalone basis, it really is best to read the novels in order to fully appreciate the characters and the setting.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
77 of 84 people found the following review helpful.
WHERE'S THE NEXT ONE?
By SF RAGE
C. J. Sansom is a wonderful writer, as many of you know and have said in the Amazon reviews. Being a bit over-eager to sink my teeth into his newest effort, "Heartstone", I ordered it from Amazon UK. When the book arrived, I dove into it and would like to announce to all that this, like his other Shardlake efforts, is a real winner.
It's a lenghty tome filled with another great story and character development (bravo!) and it does not disappoint. Sansom has retained his easy style, with its smooth, delicious crafting of words. The story (no spoilers here) is superbly wrought and moves evenly along. It is, simply, a magnificent reading experience. Reading it was a delight; it was so compelling that I could have read through the 450 pages in a single sitting. Forcing myself to take it easy and enjoy it in reasonable bits, I couldn't wait to continue, but dreaded finishing the book, so engrossing was it.
I gather the "Heartstone" US release is embroiled in some uncertainty and there's no firm word on when it will appear here. For the Sansom addicts out there, you may find the extra expense of ordering it from Amazon UK worth it. I certainly did.
My only question now is, Mr. Sansom, where's the next one?
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
A Good Historical Mystery - but not as good as the first 4 in the series
By Happy Reader
I am a big fan of C.J. Sansom's Matthew Shardlake mystery series. Sansom makes you feel as if you are right there in the middle of Henry VIII's England. The historical detail is wonderfully rendered and, to someone who has read a bit of English history, totally believable. And on top of that, you get murder mysteries, my favorite form of fiction.
The historical mileau in "Heartstone" is impressive. It is June 1545. Henry VIII is in his waning years and his ego has gotten England into another war with France. But this time, the French are bringing the war to England. There is not a lot of humor in Sansom's mysteries, but I did get a kick out of one scene. The great King Harry is traveling to Portsmouth to inspect his navy and watch the battle, for it is near this port that the French navy is gathering. The ridiculousness of preparing for a picky monarch's pompous arrival, as well as prepare for war is evident. One of the King's favorite ships, the Mary Rose, holding near 500 men, doesn't have enough food to even give the sailors and soldiers their supper. Yet, a sister ship's crew must practice carefully hauling up a giant chair holding a slaughtered hog.
Yes, the great King is great in more ways than one. He is much obese and can barely walk, much less climb a rope ladder. To get on the ship, he must be hauled up like so much cargo. The sailors have to figure out how to do it with pomp as well as care.
The history in "Heartstone" is very interesting, not just the big picture war, but how the different law courts, germaine to Matthew Shardlake's profession, work - and don't work. Matthew, a London lawyer of comfortable means, no political ambitions, and an inconvenient honest streak, has two mysteries in "Heartstone". It is the mysteries themselves that lead me to give the book 4 instead of 5 stars.
Ellen Fettiplace, a friend of sorts whom Shardlake first met in a prior mystery and now visits in Bedlam (Bedlam being Bethlem Royal Hospital for the insane) has agoraphobia. She cannot, will not, venture outside the hospital. Yet, Shardlake finds out that she was never formally committed and someone is paying for her care. He takes it upon himself to find out how she got there and why she is so afraid.
The second mystery is a paying case. Queen Catharine (Parr) asks him to look into the death of her old housekeeper's son. Michael Calfhill had been tutor to Hugh and Emma Curteys. When their parents died, their wardship was sold to a man who just happened to have adjacent lands and just happened to have a son of age to marry Emma. Calfhill visited some time later and was so horrified that he entered a complaint with the Court of Wards. And then he was found dead by hanging in his rented lodgings. What had horrified him? And, was Michael Calfhill murdered?
The unfolding of the two mysteries had a little too much soap-opera for my tastes. And they had a bit more unneeded exposition. As I wrote, I have loved Sansom's previous mysteries, and I love a good historical mystery in general. But with "Heartstone", there is hardly any tension because there is too much explanation. This is a 626 page novel. And it reads more like a novel than a mystery. There are multiple endings and anticlimax in general.
I enjoyed "Heartstone" for the most part; Sansom's writing and sense of history are very good. But the mysteries themselves are average, and not up to par with previous books in the series.
Happy Reader
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