Sovereign /
by Sansom, C. J.
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BookSeries: Shardlake series: Publisher: London : Pan Books, 2024Description: 688 pages : maps (black and white) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781035012329 (pbk.) :; 1035012324 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Shardlake, Matthew, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Crime | Crime | Crime & mystery fiction | Historical mysteries | Political / legal thriller | Historical fiction | Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Fiction | Detective and mystery storiesSummary: England, 1541. King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to attend an extravagant submission by his rebellious subjects in York. Already in the city are lawyer Matthew Shardlake and his assistant Jack Barak, whom have reluctantly undertaken a special mission for Archbishop Thomas Cranmer - to ensure the welfare of an important but dangerous conspirator who is to be returned to London for interrogation. But the murder of a York glazier involves Shardlake in deeper mysteries, connected not only to the prisoner in York castle but to the royal family itself. And when Shardlake and Barak stumble upon a cache of secret documents which could threaten the Tudor throne, a chain of events unfolds that will lead Shardlake to face the most terrifying fate of the age.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book - Adult Paperback | Crosby Library | Adult Fiction | Pending hold | 003123210X | ||||
| Book - Adult Paperback | Southport Library | Adult Fiction | Available | 003121897X |
Originally published: London: Macmillan, 2006.
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England, 1541. King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to attend an extravagant submission by his rebellious subjects in York. Already in the city are lawyer Matthew Shardlake and his assistant Jack Barak, whom have reluctantly undertaken a special mission for Archbishop Thomas Cranmer - to ensure the welfare of an important but dangerous conspirator who is to be returned to London for interrogation. But the murder of a York glazier involves Shardlake in deeper mysteries, connected not only to the prisoner in York castle but to the royal family itself. And when Shardlake and Barak stumble upon a cache of secret documents which could threaten the Tudor throne, a chain of events unfolds that will lead Shardlake to face the most terrifying fate of the age.
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