Shardlake's Tudor History of Norwich

1549 was a tumultuous year for Norwich as Robert Kett and 10,000 followers besieged the city and demanded social justice from the king. This is the setting for C.J. Sansom’s best-selling novel featuring Tudor Lawyer, Matthews Shardlake.
This live online talk follows in the footsteps of Shardlake as he visits Norwich and is caught up in the rebellion. This is possibly a first for the Norwich Society, taking a fictional character as the basis for a talk about a key period in Norwich’s past, in a talk which will prove just as fascinating whether viewers have read the books or are still yet to! There is still so much of Tudor Norwich to see, and we hope it will encourage people to explore Norwich and read the Shardlake novels.
Our speaker, Vanessa Trevelyan is a past Chair of the Norwich Society but, perhaps more importantly, a founder member of the Friends of Kett’s Heights, which was set up to help maintain the site and raise awareness of its historical significance.

[@ruthmalcolm3028]

Very interesting thank you.

[@kathymcbride2425]

really enjoyable thanks

[@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich]

I love the book (I'd never read a book that size, and couldn't put it down!). The video is very informative and interesting.

[@vixenvg]

Thank you ! I so enjoyed that talk. I'm currently listening to my first Sansom novel, Dissolution & I stumbled across your talk whilst googling things about Shardlake. I'm a Midlander & if I visit Norwich again ( only once thus far, 20 yrs ago) I will do so with " new eyes" and knowledge from this presentation. Vanessa was most enjoyable to listen to. 🙏 back to The novel now !

[@antonchristian873]

I love these Norwich posts