Sovereign by C.J. Sansom5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Peter Kemp * Sunday Times * Dissolution by C J Sansom was an impressive start to a historical fiction series featuring stubborn, admirable Tudor lawyer Matthew Shardlake. The latest in CJ Sansom's increasingly thrilling series of 16th-century crime mysteries, it pulls you like its predecessors, into a tortuous world of Tudor terror. Its grip is so compulsive that, until you reach its final page, you'll have to be almost physically prised away from it. Roz Kaveney * Time Out Book of the Week * Don't open this book if you have anything urgent pending. Sansom does a nice line in irony and savage humour, as well as the simple affections which keep people going in nightmarish times. * Sunday Telegraph * This is an atmospheric thriller where velvet and silk hide putrescence, and beyond the grandeur of a Court lies a world where people rot alive or choke in deep mud. ![]() This is a compelling read, vividly capturing the atmosphere of constant fear, as religious fervour and political ambition are expressed in cruelty and corruption. ![]() Sovereign is bigger in scope, more colourful, has a more complex plot and moves at a faster pace. Descripción - Críticas CJ Sansom's new Matthew Shardlake adventure shows how far this series has developed since his first book. ![]()
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