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Following a violent uprising, king henry viii travels to york, where. Sansom was born in 1952, an upbringing which helped inspire much his career that was to come. Now in sovereign, shardlake faces the most terrifying threat in the age of tudor england. It is 1540 and the hottest summer of the sixteenth century. Bbc radio 4 fullcast dramas audiobook by cj sansom. Sansom has garnered a wider audience and increased critical praise with each new novel published.
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