The books are absolutely mesmerising and possibly the best I have ever read. The series is good but not nearly as good as the first book it portrays. The main character Shardlake is played very well by the actor Arthur Hughes. Sean Bean plays Cromwell but at one point did not finish his sentence it seemed. One complete turn up up for the books however is the fact that coloured people were virtually not around in 16th century Britain, the series though is spoiled by way too many coloured people which makes it a bit unrealistic. Other than that it's good. I did think it followed the book rather well with a few exceptions here and there.
Review of Shardlake
