Tombland
E397737
Tombland is a historical crime novel by C.J. Sansom featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake, set amid the political and social unrest of 16th-century England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tombland canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3906504 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tombland Context triple: [C.J. Sansom, notableWork, Tombland]
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Kingdom of Bone
The Kingdom of Bone was a historical Bugis state in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its influential role in regional politics and trade before and during the early colonial period.
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B.
The Ruin
The Ruin is a melancholic Old English poem reflecting on the crumbling remains of a once-great stone city and the transience of human achievements.
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C.
Gulf of Bone
The Gulf of Bone is a large bay on the southeastern coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its rich marine biodiversity and important fishing grounds.
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D.
The Cross of Snow
The Cross of Snow is a sonnet by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that mournfully commemorates his wife Frances Appleton and reflects on enduring grief through the metaphor of a snow-filled mountain ravine.
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E.
Master of the Children
Master of the Children is the title historically given to the director responsible for training and overseeing the boy choristers of the Chapel Royal in the English royal household.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tombland Target entity description: Tombland is a historical crime novel by C.J. Sansom featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake, set amid the political and social unrest of 16th-century England.
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A.
Kingdom of Bone
The Kingdom of Bone was a historical Bugis state in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its influential role in regional politics and trade before and during the early colonial period.
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B.
The Ruin
The Ruin is a melancholic Old English poem reflecting on the crumbling remains of a once-great stone city and the transience of human achievements.
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C.
Gulf of Bone
The Gulf of Bone is a large bay on the southeastern coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its rich marine biodiversity and important fishing grounds.
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D.
The Cross of Snow
The Cross of Snow is a sonnet by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that mournfully commemorates his wife Frances Appleton and reflects on enduring grief through the metaphor of a snow-filled mountain ravine.
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E.
Master of the Children
Master of the Children is the title historically given to the director responsible for training and overseeing the boy choristers of the Chapel Royal in the English royal household.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical crime novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author |
C. J. Sansom
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linked to:
C.J. Sansom
|
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Matthew Shardlake ⓘ |
| follows | Lamentation ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
British crime novels
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British historical novels ⓘ Novels set in England ⓘ Novels set in the 16th century ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
audiobook
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e-book ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| isbn | 978-1-5098-1003-3 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Matthew Shardlake ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| pages | 880 ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | seventh novel ⓘ |
| precededBy | Lamentation ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | lawyer ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | detective ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2018 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Mantle
ⓘ
Pan Macmillan ⓘ |
| series |
Matthew Shardlake series
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linked to:
Shardlake series
|
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 16th-century England ⓘ |
| subject |
Kett's Rebellion
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political unrest ⓘ social unrest ⓘ |
| timeSetting | 1549 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tombland Description of subject: Tombland is a historical crime novel by C.J. Sansom featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake, set amid the political and social unrest of 16th-century England.
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