by C. J Sansom
It is no secret that I adore CJ Sansom's Matthew Shardlake series. You all know it. My kids know it. I should probably start a fan club. This book is one more reason to get your hands on some Team Matthew paraphernalia.The story in this installment of Matthew's story brings him in contact, once agai...
Another wonderful volume in C.J. Sansom's Shardlake series of historical mysteries, set in Tudor London. (The first is Dissolution.) This one is set in 1546, as Henry VIII is dying, there is a heresy hunt on at court, and Anne Askew is being burned at the stake in London. Queen Catherine Parr is...
bookshelves: autumn-2014, published-2014, series, tudor, religion, books-about-books-and-book-shops, mystery-thriller, execution, ipad, bedside Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Pat Read from June 26, 2013 to November 22, 2014 ** spoiler alert ** Copy of Katherine's text, Lamentations of a Sinner, p...
Are we born with the innate gift of writing stories? I’m not sure. What I’m pretty sure is that it takes more than being born with a knack for words to write something worth reading. There’s no point for a writer to complain to the gods that she or he does not have the writing skills of Shakespeare,...
Lamentation is the 6th book in the series and starts approximately a year after the events of Heartstone. Shardlake (44) is taken into Queen's confidence and the adventure begins. Who (and why) stole Queen's manuscript? Barak was not prominent in the first part of the book, [spoiler] and I think he...
Thanks Pat - let's hope this is the Shardlake that was alluded to at the end of 'Dominion'.This and Karen Maitland's in one autumn, I'd better stock up with green tea.;O)
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