‘Shardlake’ review: A Tudor-era murder mystery on Hulu
by Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune
May 01, 2024
2 minutes
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Historical procedurals are expensive to make and therefore all too rare on television. Enter the Tudor-era murder mystery “Shardlake” on Hulu, set during the reign of Henry VIII and adapted from the first book in a series by C.J. Sansom (who died over the weekend at 71) about an English barrister named Matthew Shardlake.
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