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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.
“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 ...
Shardlake has the sort of brooding, masculine presence that is something of a trope in modern detective series (Broadchurch, True Detective, Luther etc), but more interesting in this setting ...
Based on the first of C.J. Sansom's Tudor-era murder mystery novels, "Shardlake," premiering Wednesday on Hulu, follows a lawyer turned reluctant detective.
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.
Matthew Shardlake, believing himself out of favour with Thomas Cromwell, is busy trying to maintain his legal practice and keep a discreet profile. But his involvement with a murder case, defending a girl accused of brutally murdering her young cousin, brings him once again into contact with the king's chief minister – and a new assignment ...