Dissolution (The First in the Shardlake Series) - Brossura

C. J. Sansom

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ISBN 10: 0330450794 ISBN 13: 9780330450799

Casa editrice: Pan, 2007

Riassunto

Dissolution is the first in the phenomenal Shardlake series by bestselling author, C. J. Sansom. It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and the country is waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers ever seen. Under the order of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is sent through the country to investigate the monasteries. There can only be one outcome: the monasteries are to be dissolved. But on the Sussex coast, at the monastery of Scarnsea, events have spiralled out of control. Cromwell's Commissioner Robin Singleton, has been found dead, his head severed from his body. His horrific murder is accompanied by equally sinister acts of sacrilege - a black cockerel sacrificed on the altar, and the disappearance of Scarnsea's Great Relic. Dr Matthew Shardlake, lawyer and long-time supporter of Reform, has been sent by Cromwell to investigate. But Shardlake's investigation soon forces him to question everything he hears, and everything that he intrinsically believes . . .

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Recensione:

'Matthew Shardlake combines engrossing historical detail with a first-rate murder mystery. A really satisfying page-turner.'
--Independent on Sunday

Descrizione del libro:

The first book in the lauded, bestselling Shardlake series

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• Editore: Pan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0330450794
• ISBN 13: 9780330450799
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 300