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Sovereign

A Matthew Shardlake Mystery
C. J. Sansom - Author
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Book: Paperback | 5.23 x 7.12in | 592 pages | ISBN 9780143113171 | 26 Feb 2008 | Penguin
Sovereign
The third installment of C. J. Sansom’s acclaimed Matthew Shardlake mystery series

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 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.

“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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