Sovereign (The Shardlake series, 3) - Softcover

Sansom, C. J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447285859 ISBN 13: 9781447285854

Publisher: Pan, 2015

Synopsis

Following on from Dissolution and Dark Fire, Sovereign is the third title in C. J. Sansom's bestselling Shardlake series., As dramatized on BBC Radio 4's 15 Minute Drama seriesAutumn, 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., And 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 . . .'Sansom is a master storyteller' Guardian'So compulsive that, until you reach its final page, you'll have to be almost physically prised away from it' Sunday Times'Deeper, stronger and subtler than The Name of the Rose' Independent on Sunday

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Review:

I have enjoyed C. J. Sansom's series of historical novels set in Tudor England progressively more and more. Sovereign, following Dissolution and Dark Fire, is the best so far . . . Sansom has the perfect mixture of novelistic passion and historical detail. -- Antonia Fraser, Sunday Telegraph Books of the Year

Even if heart-pounding suspense and stomach-tightening tension were all Sansom’s writing brought to the table, few would feel short-changed. Added to these gifts is a superb approximation of the crucible of fear, treachery and mistrust that was Tudor England, and a memorably blood-swollen portrait of the ogreish Henry’s inhumane kingship. A parchment-turner, and a regal one at that., Sunday Times

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. -- Peter Green, 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. -- P.D. James, Sunday Telegraph Books of the Year

A master class in suspense...an age of political and religious convulsion is conjured up with thrilling immediacy. -- Peter Kemp, Sunday Times

Both marvellously exciting to read and a totally convincing evocation of England in the reign of Henry VIII., Spectator, Books of the Year

Book Description:

The third novel in the compelling Shardlake series.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pan
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1447285859
• ISBN 13: 9781447285854
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 688