by C. J. Sansom · Pan Macmillan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781447285830
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In 1537, during the reign of Henry VIII, lawyer Matthew Shardlake is tasked with investigating a murder in a monastery. Thomas Cromwell sends Shardlake to investigate the beheading of one of his commissioners. As Shardlake delves deeper into the mystery, he uncovers intrigues, secrets, and sacrileges that test his faith and force him to question everything he believes. This historical mystery novel immerses the reader in the dark and dangerous Tudor England, where politics and religion intertwine in a suspenseful plot.
Christopher John Sansom was a British writer of historical crime novels, best known for his Matthew Shardlake series. He also wrote the spy novel Winter in Madrid and the alternative history novel Dominion. He won numerous book awards, including the 2005 Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in 2013 and the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2022. Shardlake, a television series based on Sansom's novel Dissolution, started streaming on Disney+ less than a week after his death.
