7/5/2023 0 Comments Sovereign novel cj sansom![]() Sansom began his Matthew Shardlake series in 2003 with the novel Dissolution. Shardlake is a hunchbacked lawyer who works on commission from Thomas Cromwell (who he is a long-time supporter of), and then others later on. Despite complex court politics and several attempts on his life, Shardlake stalwartly maintains his integrity while searching for truth amid the "vipers' nest" of Henry's court. Matthew Shardlake is the featured character in a series of historical mystery novels by British novelist C.J. Their search of Oldroyd's house reveals intriguing documents that question the royal line of succession and even impugn Henry. All three books have good plots and strong. Dissolution, then go on to the second, Dark Fire, before reading Sovereign. ![]() His atmospheric prose has earned him an Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award, among other accolades. With his trusted assistant, Jack Barak, Shardlake also investigates the death of master glazier Peter Oldroyd, a suspected papist, who fell from his ladder and was impaled on glass shards. Sansom is an international best-selling author known for riveting suspense and intricately constructed mysteries. Recently appointed a legal counsel for the Progress, Shardlake has a secret mission from Archbishop Cranmer to guarantee the safe return to London of imprisoned conspirator Sir Edward Broderick. ![]() Northern Britain anxiously awaits the arrival of the Great Progress taking Henry VIII and an entourage of thousands toward York to quell a fresh rebellion. Sansom's engrossing third historical featuring Matthew Shardlake (after 2005's Dark Fire) finds the hunchbacked barrister at the vortex of strife-torn Tudor England in the rainy autumn of 1541. ![]()
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