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Sovereign

Sovereign

A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery

by C. J. Sansom
Paperback
Publication Date: 26/02/2008

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


The third Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery by C. J. Sansom, the bestselling author of Winter in Madrid and Dominion

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 int he 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.
ISBN:
9780143113171
9780143113171
Category:
Historical mysteries
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
26-02-2008
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Putnam Inc
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
608
Dimensions (mm):
197x130x27mm
Weight:
0.41kg
C. J. Sansom

C. J. Sansom was educated at Birmingham University, where he took a BA and then a PhD in history.

After working in a variety of jobs, he retrained as a solicitor and practised in Sussex until becoming a full-time writer.

Sansom is the bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Shardlake series, as well as Winter in Madrid and Dominion. He lives in Sussex.

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