Sovereign
of C.J. Sansom
Series: Matthew Shardlake #3
Description
Autumn, 1541. King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to attend an extravagant submission by his rebellious subjects in York.Already in the city are lawyer Matthew Shardlake and his assistant Jack Barak. As well as legal work processing petitions to the King, Shardlake has reluctantly undertaken a secret mission for Archbishop Cranmer â to ensure the welfare of an important but dangerous conspirator who is to be returned to London for interrogation.But the murder of a York 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 documents which could threaten the Tudor throne, a chain of events unfolds that will lead to Shardlake facing the most terrifying fate of the age . . .
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 583 pages
- Publisher Viking Books
- Publication Date April 1st 2007
- First Publication 08/15/06
- Language English
- ISBN 9780670038312
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
- Scenario ['York, Yorkshire, England']
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