Shardlake: Riveting TV Series and Historical Novel Depicts Scary Times in Henry VIII’s England

“Shardlake,” a four-part medieval mystery series set during the reign of Henry VIII (1509-1547) and based on the books by C.J. Sanson (1952-2024), premiered in the spring of 2024 on Hulu/Disney+. It is based on Sanson’s first novel in the Shardlake series, “Dissolution,” published in 2004.

Henry VIII, you may recall, seized Catholic Churches and turned t…