Sovereign: A Matthew Shardlake Mystery by C. J. Sansom Paperback Book

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Rent Sovereign: A Matthew Shardlake Mystery

Author: C. J. Sansom

Format: Quality Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books

Published: Mar 2008

Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical

Retail Price: $18.00

Pages: 400

Synopsis

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.

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