Soon the rebels have taken over the city, England's second largest. The yeoman Robert Kett leads a force of thousands in overthrowing the landlords and establishing a vast camp outside Norwich. And then East Anglia explodes, as peasant rebellion breaks out across the country. The three find layers of mystery and danger surrounding Edith's death, as a second murder is committed. There they are reunited with Shardlake's former assistant Jack Barak. The gruesome murder of Edith Boleyn, the wife of John Boleyn - a distant Norfolk relation of Elizabeth's mother - which could have political implications for Elizabeth, brings Shardlake and his assistant Nicholas Overton to the summer assizes at Norwich. Since the old King's death, Matthew Shardlake has been working as a lawyer in the service of Henry's younger daughter, the Lady Elizabeth. the economy is in collapse, inflation rages and rebellion is stirring among the peasantry. Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos.
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