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Shardlake is a four-part television series on Disney+ based on the Shardlake series of historical mystery novels by C. J. Sansom set in the reign of Henry VIII in the 16th century. The series is adapted by Stephen Butchard and directed by Justin Chadwick and produced by The Forge.
The series' protagonist is the hunchbacked lawyer Matthew Shardlake, who is assisted in his adventures by Mark Poer and then Jack Barak.. Shardlake works on commission, initially from Thomas Cromwell in Dissolution [2] and Dark Fire, [3] then archbishop Thomas Cranmer in Sovereign and Revelation, [4] queen Catherine Parr in Heartstone and Lamentation, and lately princess Elizabeth in Tombland.
The author's death occurred less than a week before the television series based on Dissolution was to start streaming on the Disney+ network. [9] Sansom explained his reasons for making his protagonist an attorney, in an interview with The Guardian. I thought it made sense for Shardlake to be a lawyer for a number of reasons.
Disney+ is set to take viewers on a journey through Tudor England with its latest series, “Shardlake.” Based on the internationally acclaimed Tudor murder mystery novels by C.J. Sansom, the ...
“We don’t see a lot of leading disabled characters,” says Arthur Hughes, who plays the title character. Shardlake is a clever lawyer who solves puzzles and problems during the reign of King ...
Dissolution has been well received by critics, although there has been some criticism of the language and detail in the writing. [2] " The best crime novel I have read this year" – Colin Dexter; [3] "Remarkable...the sights, the voices, the very smell of this turbulent age seem to rise from the page" – P. D. James; [4] "This is a humdinger of a whodunnit.
Sovereign, published in 2006, is a historical mystery novel by British author C. J. Sansom.It is Sansom's fourth novel and the third in the Matthew Shardlake Series.Set in the 16th century during the reign of King Henry VIII, it follows hunchbacked lawyer Matthew Shardlake and his assistant, Jack Barak, as they investigate a series of murders and a plot to question the legitimacy of the line ...
Netflix India is an Indian subsidiary of the American global internet streaming on-demand media provider Netflix that distributes a number of content called "originals" (films, series, miniseries, etc.) along with acquired content, it is creating quite a niche especially among Indian youngsters, with award winning film director Vipin Agnihotri also working on three projects, latest one being ...