<p><b>The <i>Sunday Times N</i>umber One Bestseller<br><br>Soon to be a major Disney+ TV series<br><br>'CJ Sansom’s books are arguably the best Tudor novels going' – <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><br><b><i>Tombland </i>is the seventh epic novel in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series, perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory.</b><br><br><b>England, 1549.</b> Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos. The economy is in collapse, inflation rages and rebellion is stirring among the peasantry . . .<br><br>Since the old king’s death, Matthew Shardlake has been working as a lawyer in the service of Henry’s daughter, the Lady Elizabeth. The gruesome murder of Edith Boleyn – a distant relative in Norfolk – sends Shardlake and his
