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Sovereign: 3 (The Shardlake Series) (The Shardlake series, 3)

Sovereign: 3 (The Shardlake Series) (The Shardlake series, 3)

by C . J . Sansom (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

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    Paperback 2008

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Synopsis

Autumn, 1541. King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to attend an extravagant submission of his rebellious subjects in York. 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 - to ensure the welfare of an important but dangerous conspirator being returned to London for interrogation. 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 Shardlake facing the most terrifying fate of the age ...'Sansom is a master storyteller' Guardian 'So compulsive that, until you reach its final page, you'll have to be almost physically prised away from it' Sunday Times 'Deeper, stronger and subtler than The Name of the Rose' Independent on Sunday

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 662
 Edition: Reprints
 Publisher: Pan
Published: 16 Mar 2007
ISBN 10: 0330436082
ISBN 13: 9780330436083
Book Overview: Classy historical crime fiction - the Shardlake series is garnering a loyal following with over 160,000 copies sold in Pan paperback of the first two Shardlake novels The second Shardlake novel, Dark Fire, won the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger C.J. Sansom's stand-alone thriller, Winter in Madrid, was published in 2005 to widespread critical acclaim Massive marketing campaign for Sovereign Both backlist Shardlake titles are being reissued in B format
 Prizes: Shortlisted for Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2008 and CWA Duncan Lawrie Dagger 2007.

Media Reviews
When historical fiction clicks, theres nothing more gripping . . . and C.J. Sansoms fantastic Sovereign left me positively baying for more. Its that good. . . . Rebellion, plots, torture, fanaticism, a murder mystery and a real historical scandal come alive in this deeply satisfying novel.
Deirdre Donahue, USA Today
Authors of the caliber of P. D. James, Ruth Rendell, Ian Rankin, and Minette Walters remain rare. C. J. Sansoms Sovereign . . . deserves as wide a readership as any of the above. . . . Its deeper, stronger, and subtler than most novels in the genre.
The Sunday Independent (London)
aWhen historical fiction clicks, thereas nothing more gripping . . . and C.J. Sansomas fantastic Sovereign left me positively baying for more. Itas that good. . . . Rebellion, plots, torture, fanaticism, a murder mystery and a real historical scandal come alive in this deeply satisfying novel.a
aDeirdre Donahue, USA Today
aAuthors of the caliber of P. D. James, Ruth Rendell, Ian Rankin, and Minette Walters remain rare. C. J. Sansomas Sovereign . . . deserves as wide a readership as any of the above. . . . Itas deeper, stronger, and subtler than most novels in the genre.a
a The Sunday Independent (London)
Author Bio
C. J. Sansom was educated at Birmingham University, where he took a BA and then a Ph.D. in history. After practising as a solicitor, he became a full-time writer. Sovereign is the third novel in Sansom's acclaimed Shardlake series, following Dissolution and Dark Fire . He lives in Sussex.