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Sovereign

C. J. Sansom

From Shelf: Histories and Mysteries - Antonia's favourites in Historical Fiction

The third novel in the compelling Shardlake series.

Following on from Dissolution and Dark Fire, Sovereign is the third gripping historical novel in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series, for fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory.'A parchment-turner, and a regal one at that' - Sunday Times'Sansom has the trick of writing an enthralling narrative. Like Hilary Mantel, he produces densely textured historical novels that absorb their readers in another time' - Andrew Taylor, Spectator 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. 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 . . .Continue the number one bestselling historical series with Revelation, Heartstone, Lamentation and Tombland.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
688
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
ISBN:
9781447285854
Published Date:
16/7/2015
Dimensions:
197mm x 131mm x 47mm
Weight:
537g
Category:
Historical mysteries

RRP: £10.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9781447285854

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