Dissolution (The Shardlake Series)
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Dissolution is the first in the phenomenal Shardlake series by bestselling author, C. J. Sansom.
It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and the country is waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers ever seen. Under the order of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is sent through the country to investigate the monasteries. There can only be one outcome: the monasteries are to be dissolved.
But on the Sussex coast, at the monastery of Scarnsea, events have spiralled out of control. Cromwell's Commissioner Robin Singleton, has been found dead, his head severed from his body. His horrific murder is accompanied by equally sinister acts of sacrilege - a black cockerel sacrificed on the altar, and the disappearance of Scarnsea's Great Relic.
Dr Matthew Shardlake, lawyer and long-time supporter of Reform, has been sent by Cromwell to investigate. But Shardlake's investigation soon forces him to question everything he hears,
It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and the country is waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers ever seen. Under the order of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is sent through the country to investigate the monasteries. There can only be one outcome: the monasteries are to be dissolved.
But on the Sussex coast, at the monastery of Scarnsea, events have spiralled out of control. Cromwell's Commissioner Robin Singleton, has been found dead, his head severed from his body. His horrific murder is accompanied by equally sinister acts of sacrilege - a black cockerel sacrificed on the altar, and the disappearance of Scarnsea's Great Relic.
Dr Matthew Shardlake, lawyer and long-time supporter of Reform, has been sent by Cromwell to investigate. But Shardlake's investigation soon forces him to question everything he hears,
Thoroughly enjoyed this book, wonderful atmosphere of cold, threats & history
Journal Entry 3 by cally-c at Sainsbury's Coffee Shop in Chesterfield, Derbyshire United Kingdom on Thursday, September 22, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (9/21/2016 UTC) at Sainsbury's Coffee Shop in Chesterfield, Derbyshire United Kingdom
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This book set off on its travels in September....but where has it decided to stay?
Well, if you're reading this then you've found it & you can tell us!
Please take a minute to say where it was discovered...
...& you can tell us what you thought of it.
When you've read it, please pass it to a friend to enjoy
or leave it in a public place for someone else to find -just like you did!
(If you decide to join Bookcrossing, please consider putting me,
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Came across this book by chance. Having previously enjoyed reading from C J Sansom (not of the Shardlake series), I was pleased with this find and specifically since I have recently taken up with anything related to or surrounding historical events of Henry VIII. This is a detective story-thriller from London 1537. Easy to read, understand and thoroughly enjoyable, if you like anything to do with murder mystery reading that is !!
