Shardlake goes to war.It's 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.
Pokračovanie úspešnej trilógie Pán Prsteňov, v ktorom sa zavŕši
príbeh putovania hobita Froda k Puklinám osudu a vojny, ktorá
zavládla v Stredozemi. Knihu preložil Otakar Kořínek.
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