The first book in the Matthew Shardlake Mysteries. A historical mystery set in Tudor England shortly after the establishment of the Church of England and the beheading of Anne Boleyn by Henry VIII. Shardlake is a hunchback lawyer who works for Thomas Cromwell. He’s been charged with investigating...
On one hand, this work is an excellent historical fiction set in a time of upheaval. The character of Shardlake is wonderful (you actually want to smack him a few times). The supporting characters are good. Voice performance in the audio is good. Plot is a bit predi...
An interesting historical detective novel set during the dissolution of the monasteries in the tudor era. Interesting and well done. I liked the characters and can't wait to continue reading the series.
This is Tudor whodunit, set in the reign of Henry VIII. Shardlake is a commissionaire for Lord Cromwell and is asked to go to a monastery to investigate the murder of the last commissionaire who was there. He arrives with his assistant and sets about trying to find the murderer. Whilst he is there t...
I was slightly disappointed that I guessed "whodunnit" before the end (it must have been pretty obvious because I never usually manage that!), but I enjoyed the historical detail and it's nice to have an original "detective" character for once. I've also enjoyed the other Shardlake novels very much.
RE-VISIT VIA RADIO 4Lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake is sent to investigate a killing at a monastery. blurb - C J Sansom's bestselling Tudor crime novel, adapted for radio by Colin MacDonald.London, 1537. As he plots to bring down the Abbeys, Thomas Cromwell sends his trusted lawyer-detective, Mat...
The authorChristopher John "C.J." Sansom is a British writer of crime novels. He was born in 1952 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was educated at the University of Birmingham, where he took a BA and then a PhD in history. For more information visit http://cjsansombooks.comThe reviewI have been looking ...
As big a fan as I am of historical fiction, I tend to focus on periods after the 1750s. The cover of Dissolution always looked interesting to me, and it was highly recommended by a co-worker, but it wasn't until it was selected for the store's book club that I finally picked it up. The "dissolutio...
At first I was a little nervous to read 'Dissolution', having lived and breathed the reformation of the church during the reign of Henry VIII for my A-Level History course. However, Sansom's novel is a really good blend of history and plot that kept me gripped despite me thinking I could do without ...
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