C.J. Sansom - Sovereign (2nd Hand Paperback)
Synopsis
Shardlake #3
Autumn, 1541: King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to attend an extravagant submission of his rebellious subjects in York.
Already in the city are lawyer Matthew Shardlake and his assistant Jack Barak. As well as assisting with legal work processing petitions to the King, Shardlake has reluctantly undertaken a special mission for the Archbishop Cranmer - to ensure the welfare of an important but dangerous conspirator being returned to London for interrogation.
But the murder of a local glazier involves Shardlake in deeper mysteries, connected not only to the prisoner in York Castle but to the royal family itself.
When Shardlake and Barak stumble upon a cache of secret papers which could threaten the Tudor throne, a chain of events unfolds that will lead to Shardlake facing the most terrifying fate of the age . . .
Details
- Format : Very Thick 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Good (Almost Very Good)
- Category : Fiction - Historical Fiction
- Published : 2006 (Macmillan)
- ISBN : 9781447285854
- SKU : B002721
- PPC : SP700gm
- RRP : £8.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
"Not only a great detective novel but also a fabulous insight into the historical happenings of the Tudor period, this book is an absorbing read." - Tesco Magazine.
"A dazzling conspiracy theory novel of the Tudor age." - Nottingham Evening Post.
"Third volume of CJ Sansom’s deservedly popular Tudor detective series . . . Between them, Sansom and Starkey have the 16th century licked." - Independent.
"A brilliant evocation of tyranny in Tudor England." - Literary Review.
"A fine setting for crime fiction and CJ Sansom exploits it superbly . . . Never mind the crime: this is a terrific novel." - TLS.
"I was enthralled by Sovereign by C. J. Sansom, a novel combining detection with a brilliant description of Henry VIII’s spectacular Progress to the North and its terrifying aftermath." - Sunday Telegraph Books of the Year.
"A master class in suspense . . . an age of political and religious convulsion is conjured up with thrilling immediacy." - Sunday Times.
The Author
Christopher John Sansom is a British writer of historical crime novels. He was born in 1952 in Edinburgh and was educated at the University of Birmingham, where he took a BA and then a PhD in history. After working in a variety of jobs, he decided to retrain as a solicitor.
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