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historyartthings · 7 months

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the first trailer for book one of CJ Sansom’s ‘shardlake’ series (Dissolution) is out and…

Is it just me or is this marketed as if it’s an action thriller? Down to the editing, the music, the fonts used. Which is frankly bizarre since it’s supposed to be a murder mystery. It’s set almost entirely in a monastery! It’s not a big sprawling epic…

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#this was not at all the vibe I was expecting #I… don’t like it #not trying to say the show will be bad I am just not a fan of the way it’s framed here #hopefully that’s down to the promotion side of it and isn’t a reflection of the series in of itself #this style would be more suited for the last book at Mousehold #where there actually is a big battle at the end #and events of state are discussed more #but that’s not what the first book is #also I hope they don’t make London look really grey and dreary. it’d be nice to have a Tudor city that isn’t. like. drab #first look at sean bean as cromwell tho #he’s gonna be so dastardly. look at those smiles! positively nefarious #but Sean bean looks like he’s doing a good job #shardlake #thomas cromwell #historical drama #period drama #Shardlake series #dissolution #early modern #the reformation #cj sansom #the Tudors #Tudor #Tudor history #Tudor drama #the dissolution of the monasteries

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