Despite complex court politics and several attempts on his life, Shardlake stalwartly maintains his integrity while searching for truth amid the "vipers' nest" of Henry's court. Their search of Oldroyd's house reveals intriguing documents that question the royal line of succession and even impugn Henry. /rebates/2fSovereign-C-J-Sansom2fbook2f10513932&. He practiced for a while in Sussex as a lawyer for the disadvantaged, then he quit in order to work full-time as a writer. After working in a variety of jobs, he decided to retrain as a solicitor (lawyer).
With his trusted assistant, Jack Barak, Shardlake also investigates the death of master glazier Peter Oldroyd, a suspected papist, who fell from his ladder and was impaled on glass shards. Awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger the highest honor in British crime writing The third Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery by C. Now in Sovereign, Shardlake faces the most terrifying threat in the age of Tudor England: imprisonment int he Tower of London. Sansom was educated at the University of Birmingham, where he took a BA and then a PhD in history. Recently appointed a legal counsel for the Progress, Shardlake has a secret mission from Archbishop Cranmer to guarantee the safe return to London of imprisoned conspirator Sir Edward Broderick. Northern Britain anxiously awaits the arrival of the Great Progress taking Henry VIII and an entourage of thousands toward York to quell a fresh rebellion. 15.99 77 Used from 1.59 13 New from 12.16 1 Collectible from 15.00.
) finds the hunchbacked barrister at the vortex of strife-torn Tudor England in the rainy autumn of 1541. 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 theyve been charged with transporting to. Sansom's engrossing third historical featuring Matthew Shardlake (after 2005's Dark Fire Now in Sovereign, Shardlake faces the most terrifying threat in the age of Tudor England: imprisonment int he Tower of London.
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