![]() We know now that England was never invaded by the French in the 16th Century, but what C J Sansom is so adept at is creating a story that makes you feel as if you were there. Can he be back in the relative safety of London before a war starts? Shardlake finds himself travelling to the South Coast at the same time as King Henry VIII is amassing an Armada. An open and shut case soon becomes much more when it is linked to the exploitation of a young ward of the Court. When he is asked by the Queen herself to investigate the apparent suicide of a young man, he has no other recourse but to do so. Shardlake is still residing in London and is a lawyer for the Royal Court. I would like to hope that if I was back in 1545, the likes of Matthew Shardlake would be there to defend my apparent cowardness and insanity. ![]() Travel back to the time of Henry VIII and faster than you can say, “I am not French”, they will have you holding a long bow and being sent into battle. ![]() You would not see me travelling hundreds of years into the future or the past, are you mad? The 1980s were safe enough for me in Blighty, but what does the future hold and we know the past was nasty. This would allow me to place loads of bets on sporting events I know the results to and invest in Apple Computers. ![]() Offer me a time machine and I would travel no further back than the 1980s. ![]()
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