The fifth novel in the Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery series--the inspiration for the Hulu original series Shardlake Summer 1545. A massive French armada is threatening England, and Henry VIII has plunged the country into economic crisis to finance the war. Meanwhile, an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr has asked Matthew Shardlake to investigate claims of "monstrous" wrongs committed against a young ward of the court...