Description
| Product ID: | 9781447285854 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | The Shardlake series |
| Title: | Sovereign |
| Authors: | Author: C. J. Sansom |
| Page Count: | 688 |
| Subjects: | Historical crime and mysteries, Historical mysteries |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The third novel in the compelling Shardlake series. <p><b>Following on from<i> Dissolution</i> and <i>Dark Fire, Sovereign</i> is the third gripping historical novel</b> <b>in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series, for fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory.</b><br><br><b>'A parchment-turner, and a regal one at that' - <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><br><b>‘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, <i>Spectator </i></b><br><br><b>Autumn, 1541:</b> King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to attend an extravagant submission of his rebellious subjects in York.<br><br>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.<br><br>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 . . .<br><br><b>Continue the number one bestselling historical series with<i> Revelation, Heartstone, Lamentation</i> and<i> Tombland</i>.</b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-07-16 |
