- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
12 October 2015
Summary
In an age of treachery and turmoil, brutal murder brings the ultimate test of faith …“A first-rate murder mystery” Independent on Sunday”Shardlake is a character to treasure” James Naughtie, Sunday Times”Terrific. Historical fiction at its finest” Peter RobinsonHenry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and the country is waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers ever seen. Under the order of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781447285830 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1447285832 |
| Author: | C.J. Sansom |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Pan Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 12 October 2015 |
| Weight: | 342g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 30mm |
| Series: | The Shardlake series |
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Critics Review
Matthew Shardlake combines engrossing historical detail with a first-rate murder mystery. A really satisfying page-turner.
When it comes to intriguing Tudor-based narratives, Hilary Mantel has a serious rival * Sunday Times *
Matthew Shardlake combines engrossing historical detail with a first-rate murder mystery. A really satisfying page-turner. * Independent on Sunday *
Sansom has a greater talent for animating period details than most of his contemporaries, his rendering of the Tudor winter in the first of the Shardlake series makes you reach for thick fleece blankets. * Guardian *
Remarkable … The sights, the voices, the very smell of this turbulent age seem to rise from the page. – P.D. James, author of the Adam Dagliesh series
Extraordinarily impressive. The best crime novel I have read this year. – Colin Dexter, author of the Inspector Morse series
Terrific … a remarkable, imaginative feat. It is a first-rate murder mystery and one of the most atmospheric historical novels I’ve read in years. * Mail on Sunday *
Terrific. Historical fiction at its finest. – Peter Robinson, author of the Roy Grace series
Dissolution is not just a fascinating detective story, but a convincing portrait of a turbulent period. * Sunday Telegraph *
I don’t read historical novels any more — it’s a busman’s holiday — but I make an exception for C. J. Sansom’s Shardlake books, which are set amid the uncertainties of the 16th-century Henrician Reformation. – Bernard Cornwell, author of the Sharpe series * The Times ‘The 25 books you must read’ *
About The Author
C.J. Sansom
C J Sansom was educated at Birmingham University, where he took a BA and then a PhD in history. After working in a variety of jobs, he retrained as a solicitor and practised in Sussex, until becoming a full-time writer. Sansom is the bestselling author of the acclaimed Shardlake series, the Spanish Civil War thriller Winter in Madrid and the lauded alternative history novel Dominion. C.J. Sansom died in April 2024.
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