Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake #2)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781405041638 (1405041633)
Publish date: November 5th 2004
Publisher: Macmillan
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Medieval,
Mystery,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Murder Mystery,
16th Century
Series: Matthew Shardlake (#2)
I just finished reading Dark Fire by C J Sansom. Since I love historic books, I really liked this one. It was well written and well researched (at least it seems that way, I can't say I have enough knowledge to be absolutely sure). The main characters are likeable enough (at least Matthew Shardlake,...
This is the second book of the Matthew Shardlake series and I enjoyed it as much as the first one. It´s the year 1540 and this time around Shardlake has to solve the mystery of greek fire for Cromwell, a weapon, which he desperately needs to find to bring himself back in the king´s favor. A lot is a...
I loved this sequel even more than the first in the series! The author's credentials as a lawyer with a PhD in history are evident in the complex, finely written story that he creates around Tudor era lawyer, Matthew Shardlake. There is really no part of this book that I can disparage. The charact...
I have never been so glad to finish a book! What book? Not Dark Fire but [b:Dissolution|138685|Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)|C.J. Sansom|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1329914905s/138685.jpg|133702]. It took me nearly a month to get through Dissolution. I felt like it took forever to get into t...
The second book in the Shardlake series was as good as the first. In this the story starts with him being asked to represent a girl accused of the murder of her cousin. She is refusing to speak, and the initial court case almost results with her being pressed, a horrible process of being squashed un...