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Sovereign

A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery

A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery

By C. J. Sansom

By C. J. Sansom

By C. J. Sansom

By C. J. Sansom

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Part of A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery

Part of A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery

Paperback $30.00

Feb 26, 2008 | ISBN 9780143113171

Ebook $14.99

Feb 26, 2008 | ISBN 9781101221303

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    About Sovereign

    The third novel in the Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery series—the inspiration for the Hulu original series Shardlake!

    C. J . Sansom has garnered a wider audience and increased critical praise with each new novel published. His first book in the Matthew Shardlake series, Dissolution, was selected by P. D. James in The Wall Street Journal as one of her top five all-time favorite books. Now in Sovereign, Shardlake faces the most terrifying threat in the age of Tudor England: imprisonment in the Tower of London.

    Shardlake and his loyal assistant, Jack Barak, find themselves embroiled in royal intrigue when a plot against King Henry VIII is uncovered in York and a dangerous conspirator they’ve been charged with transporting to London is connected to the death of a local glazer.

    Awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger – the highest honor in British crime writing

    About Sovereign

    The third novel in the Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery series—the inspiration for the Hulu original series Shardlake!

    C. J . Sansom has garnered a wider audience and increased critical praise with each new novel published. His first book in the Matthew Shardlake series, Dissolution, was selected by P. D. James in The Wall Street Journal as one of her top five all-time favorite books. Now in Sovereign, Shardlake faces the most terrifying threat in the age of Tudor England: imprisonment in the Tower of London.

    Shardlake and his loyal assistant, Jack Barak, find themselves embroiled in royal intrigue when a plot against King Henry VIII is uncovered in York and a dangerous conspirator they’ve been charged with transporting to London is connected to the death of a local glazer.

    Awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger – the highest honor in British crime writing

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    Also by C. J. Sansom

    Winter in Madrid
    Dark Fire
    Dissolution
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    Also by C. J. Sansom

    Winter in Madrid
    Dark Fire
    Dissolution
    See all books by C. J. Sansom

    About C. J. Sansom

    C. J. SANSOM, the internationally bestselling author of the novels Winter in Madrid and Dominion and the Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery series, earned a Ph.D. in history and was a lawyer before becoming a full-time writer.

    About C. J. Sansom

    C. J. SANSOM, the internationally bestselling author of the novels Winter in Madrid and Dominion and the Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery series, earned a Ph.D. in history and was a lawyer before becoming a full-time writer.

    Product Details

    Category: Historical Fiction | Suspense & Thriller

    Paperback | $30.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Feb 26, 2008 | 608 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780143113171

    Category: Historical Fiction | Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Feb 26, 2008 | 608 Pages | ISBN 9781101221303

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    Praise

    “When historical fiction clicks, there’s nothing more gripping . . . and C.J. Sansom’s fantastic Sovereign left me positively baying for more. It’s 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. Sansom’s Sovereign . . . deserves as wide a readership as any of the above. . . . It’s deeper, stronger, and subtler than most novels in the genre.”
    –The Sunday Independent (London)

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