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Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

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LiseWorks Because he finds out the truth. Again, a man controlling a woman for his own benefit. What a society! I'm glad there was a good ending for her 2h

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dabbe

Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

Daisey, Cuilin, Amiable, PurpleyPumpkin, Texreader, AnneCecilie, Gissy, Centique, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

OutsmartYourShelf It was a bit of an ignominious battle for both sides & most of the attention has gone on the loss of the Mary Rose. 2h

LiseWorks Just to show you are this constant fighting with the French was a waste of time 2h

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dabbe

Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

Daisey, Cuilin, Amiable, PurpleyPumpkin, Texreader, AnneCecilie, Gissy, Centique, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

OutsmartYourShelf A collection of rogues there & strangely enough, Coldiron is probably the least worst comparatively. 2h

LiseWorks I'm not sure I liked the king lol or any of the men. 2h

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dabbe

Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

Daisey, Cuilin, Amiable, PurpleyPumpkin, Texreader, AnneCecilie, Gissy, Centique, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

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dabbe

Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

Daisey, Cuilin, Amiable, PurpleyPumpkin, Texreader, AnneCecilie, Gissy, Centique, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

OutsmartYourShelf I think Shardlake's own experiences, due to his physical disability, shows him how dismissive & sometimes cruel others are to those less fortunate. I think it shows some character growth when he stands up for the villager about to railroaded into a murder charge. (continued in other comment).. 2h

OutsmartYourShelf However, he realises that he could have stepped in later down the track & not brought down more disliking from others when it made little difference in the end, but that is not who he is.

He is naïve in that he often fails to consider any nefarious intentions, like from Rich - as soon as it mentioned another letter you knew it was going to tell West to get rid of Shardlake. 2h

LiseWorks There are some scrupulous people, and I don't think that has changed. Shardlake has a conscious which as a lawyer he tries to follow. 2h

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dabbe

Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Sorry I'm so late, Shardlakians! I had a busy day with doctor's appointments and thought that tomorrow was 4/30! 😱

Thoughts?

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OutsmartYourShelf No worries, everyone has lives that have to come first. Hope everything is ok.

I thought this was an intriguing case - one that I struggled to get a read on initially. There's also the follow-up on the Fettiplace mystery from the previous book, plus catching up with poor Leacon again. 2h

LiseWorks I liked the case here. It was a mystery until the end. It really showed society in not letting women do anything. And secrets! About rape again, men have the upper hand. Has anything really changed when it comes to young men raping women? 2h

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dabbe

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#ShardlakeBR

Hey, Shardlakians!

If you haven't seen this yet, @jenniferw88 has shared a site that has some interesting historical stories in honor of C.J. Sansom!

Check out her original post: https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2860771

Thanks, Jennifer! 😍🤩🤗

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Andrew65 @Tove_Reads @EadieB 2d

EadieB @Andrew65 That‘s great! Can‘t wait to read it! 2d

dabbe @Andrew65 Thank you for passing it along! 🤗 2d

dabbe @EadieB 😍 2d

Tove_Reads Cool! @andrew65 1d

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LitsyEvents

Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

Repost for @dabbe

#ShardlakeBR @LitsyEvents

Hello, Shardlakians~
We are two days away from discussion day! Wow, was this one a whirlwind! Can't wait to read what you thought.

Have a fantastic start to the week. ♥️

See original post at https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2860338

dabbe TY! 😍 2d

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kwmg40

Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

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Another excellent installment in the outstanding Shardlake historical mystery series set in Tudor England!

I was so happy to be vacationing in London and visiting my daughter while reading this book, so that I could see the real-life places that the fictional Shardlake visiting. I'd love to visit Portsmouth one day, where much of this particular story takes place.

#ShardlakeBR @dabbe

dabbe Yay! Can't wait for d-day! 😍 3d

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Cuilin

The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge | Paul Preston

#BookedInTime #BookedInTimeMay2025 #BookedInTimeSpanishCivilWar

There‘s so many I want to read!!! How about you?

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Cuilin The two sides of the Spanish Civil War are the left side, known as the Republicans, was formed by the Spanish government together with unions, communists, anarchists, workers, and peasants. On the other side were the Nationalists, the rebel part of the army, the bourgeoisie, the landlords, and, generally, the upper classes. 3d

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Itchyfeetreader I have downloaded the tagged book so we shall see how I get on

Soldiers of Salamis

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ChaoticMissAdventures I HIGHLY recommend this one - it is a bit of a chunkster but I was blown away by it

The Time In Between: A Novel

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Cuilin @Itchyfeetreader I‘m intrigued, looking forward to your thoughts. 3d

Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures Yes, I put it on the list!!! I read so many great reviews. 3d

ChaoticMissAdventures If anyone wants a nonfiction about this time Hemingway and Orwell's books are both great and semi- autobiographical but this one is the best I have read (and I have been obsessed with this time period since I was a teen exchange student in Spain)

Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936�1939

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Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures I have Orwell‘s on my TBR and I‘ll add this one too. Thanks for the recommendation. 3d

Cuilin Non fiction

Modern Classics Homage to Catalonia

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Cuilin Middle school/ young adult

Toro! Toro!

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AllDebooks I think I'm going with Orwell or

Winter in Madrid

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Bookwormjillk I‘m considering re-reading

The Time In Between: A Novel

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Cuilin @AllDebooks on the TBR!! 3d

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk hopefully we‘ll have better luck this month 🤞 3d

dabbe @AllDebooks If anyone likes the Matthew Shardlake series, this book is by the same author! 🤩 3d

dabbe A reminder to all: here's the link to our spreadsheet. I entered all of the above titles already.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sLpOtIgy6SwJkyU0wwno2MN4YUbe0ldjPwSusW3g... 3d

Cuilin @dabbe as always, thank you 🙏 3d

dabbe @Cuilin 😍😍😍 3d

Karisimo The Time In Between is an all time fav!! I‘m tempted to read the tagged now that I‘m familiar with Samson thru the #shardlakebr And you can‘t go wrong with Septys!

Winter in Madrid

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AllDebooks @dabbe Thank you 😊 I still haven't gotten around to the Shardlake series, but it's on my tbr. 2d

julieclair I‘ll be reading

The Return

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julieclair Here is the link to our companion challenge on StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/2cdac7b0-0085-4e6b-b601-f63cbd6... 1d

Cuilin So many good choices for this prompt. I‘d like to read The Return though I‘m still not sure what I‘ll read yet. Also thank you for the link. 1d

Amiable @Karisimo Thanks for that Samson title! I might give that one a go. 18h

Amiable @ChaoticMissAdventures Thank you for a nonfiction title! I‘ve put it on my list. 18h

Jess861 Going to grab this book from the library for this prompt.

Remember Me: A Spanish Civil War Novel

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