Sovereign

A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery

A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery

By C. J. Sansom

By C. J. Sansom

Part of A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery

Part of A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery

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    About Sovereign

    The third Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery by C. J. Sansom, the bestselling author of Winter in Madrid and Dominion

    C. J . Sansom has garnered a wider audience and increased critical praise with each new novel published. His first book in the Matthew Shardlake series, Dissolution, was selected by P. D. James in The Wall Street Journal as one of her top five all-time favorite books. Now in Sovereign, Shardlake faces the most terrifying threat in the age of Tudor England: imprisonment int he Tower of London.

    Shardlake and his loyal assistant, Jack Barak, find themselves embroiled in royal intrigue when a plot against King Henry VIII is uncovered in York and a dangerous conspirator they’ve been charged with transporting to London is connected to the death of a local glazer.

     

    About Sovereign

    The third Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery by C. J. Sansom, the bestselling author of Winter in Madrid and Dominion

    C. J . Sansom has garnered a wider audience and increased critical praise with each new novel published. His first book in the Matthew Shardlake series, Dissolution, was selected by P. D. James in The Wall Street Journal as one of her top five all-time favorite books. Now in Sovereign, Shardlake faces the most terrifying threat in the age of Tudor England: imprisonment int he Tower of London.

    Shardlake and his loyal assistant, Jack Barak, find themselves embroiled in royal intrigue when a plot against King Henry VIII is uncovered in York and a dangerous conspirator they’ve been charged with transporting to London is connected to the death of a local glazer.

     

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    “When historical fiction clicks, there’s nothing more gripping . . . and C.J. Sansom’s fantastic Sovereign left me positively baying for more. It’s that good. . . . Rebellion, plots, torture, fanaticism, a murder mystery and a real historical scandal come alive in this deeply satisfying novel.”
    -Deirdre Donahue, USA Today

    “Authors of the caliber of P. D. James, Ruth Rendell, Ian Rankin, and Minette Walters remain rare. C. J. Sansom’s Sovereign . . . deserves as wide a readership as any of the above. . . . It’s deeper, stronger, and subtler than most novels in the genre.”
    –The Sunday Independent (London)

    About C. J. Sansom

    C. J. SANSOM was educated at Birmingham University, where he took a BA and then a Ph.D. in history. After working in a variety of jobs, he retrained as a solicitor and practised in Sussex, until becoming a full-time writer…. More about C. J. Sansom

    About C. J. Sansom

    C. J. SANSOM was educated at Birmingham University, where he took a BA and then a Ph.D. in history. After working in a variety of jobs, he retrained as a solicitor and practised in Sussex, until becoming a full-time writer…. More about C. J. Sansom

    Product Details

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    Feb 26, 2008 | 608 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780143113171

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    Published by Penguin Books
    Feb 26, 2008 | 608 Pages | ISBN 9781101221303

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