Based on the internationally acclaimed Tudor murder mystery novels by C.J. Sansom, the four-part drama is set in 16th century England during the dissolution of the monasteries. The series will follow the story of Matthew Shardlake, a lawyer with an acute sense of justice and one of the few honest men in a world beset with scheming and plots. Shardlake works for Thomas Cromwell, the dangerous and all-powerful right-hand man to Henry VIII. Despite Shardlake’s unwavering loyalty to Cromwell and the Crown, his position in society is unfavored due to his appearance, as a person living with scoliosis during the Tudor period, suffering the indignity of being abused as a “crookback” wherever he turns. As he investigates the murder of one of Cromwell’s commissioners at a monastery in the remote town of Scarnsea, he is accompanied by Jack Barak, a cocky and good-looking character who may be Cromwell’s spy.
一个突然到来的访客，把平凡的古董店店主许愿带进了一个做梦都想不到的阴谋中，一件坊间传说的稀世珍宝，竟然和自己有着千丝万缕的联系，一个几十年前做的局，竟然已经编排进自己的命运。许愿将使出浑身解数，置身生死之间，和蛰伏了几十年的各方神圣斗智斗勇，和古董江湖里造假做局的各种奇技淫巧一一遭遇……
