Shardlake: Lamentation: A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation Free Audiobook Download by Cj Sansom

A painting of the early 16th-century funeral of Thomas More hangs on the wall of Sir Thomas' study. Carefully studying it, Shardlake muses about history and its subjectivity, drawing a parallel with his own situation and that of his father, Henry Howard. Henry is in prison awaiting execution for breaking with Rome but just before the sentence was carried out he confessed to treason against Queen Elizabeth I. Shardlake does not believe in his father's guilt, but there are those who do, especially his mother. He mused over history in general: "What is truth? What is beauty?" He came to realise that art had previously been divided into two camps: "That which can be believed and seen", or "

This unique audio book of the BBC Radio 4 drama Lamentation which follows, in part, the story of Thomas More is narrated by a dynamic cast, led by Bryan Dick, who manages to capture every nuance of the text. Justin Salinger, Jessica Hardwick and Cj Sansom are amongst those who contribute to this excellent performance which promises to become an audiobook that all lovers of Tudor era history will enjoy.

The author of the Shardlake series, CJ Sansom, has created a series of novels that intertwine some of the most dramatic and important events in our country's history with the fictional life of Thomas Shardlake, an ambitious lawyer who becomes one of Henry VIII's closest advisors.

In 1882, the Lord Chief Justice is summoned to investigate a death in a Liverpool workhouse, which soon after puts him behind bars. As he is held captive there, the full horror of what he has seen slowly starts to take hold.

Shardlake, an English lawyer and royalist, is devoted to defending the Tudor king Henry VII. When he discovers that the late king was in fact a fraud and that his son, King Henry VIII, has been left with no legitimate heir and no legal claim, Shardlake sides with the rightful daughter of the dead king. He is imprisoned for treason until the rule of Henry VIII's daughter Elizabeth I grants him freedom. The novel follows him through prison, interrogation by both Cromwell's men and Elizabeth's secretary William Cecil who believes Shardlake to be a threat to England.

In Martin Jarvis' powerful adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's acclaimed novel, the world is plunged into a darkness from which there is no escape. "Lamentation" follows the story of Thomas Shadwell, who is hailed as a genius by his scientific society and whose name adorns the highest honor in science, but his achievements are overshadowed by his notorious reputation for paranoia, alcoholism and paranoia.