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Dissolution: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery
Dissolution is an utterly riveting portrayal of Tudor England. The year is 1537, and the country is divided between those faithful to the Catholic Church and those loyal to the king and the newly established Church of England. When a royal commissioner is brutally murdered in a monastery on the south coast of England, Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's feared vicar general, summons fellow reformer Matthew Shardlake to lead the inquiry. Shardlake and his young protégé uncover evidence of sexual misconduct, embezzlement, and treason, and when two other murders are revealed, they must move quickly to prevent the killer from striking again.
A "remarkable debut" (P. D. James), Dissolution introduces a thrilling historical series that is not to be missed by fans of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies.
Awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger - the highest honor in British crime writing
Book Details
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- Publish Date: Apr 27th, 2004
- Pages: 416
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.70in - 5.00in - 1.20in - 0.75lb
- EAN: 9780142004302
- Recommended age: 18-UP
- Categories: • Mystery & Detective - Historical• Thrillers - Historical• Historical - General
About the Author
More books by C. J. Sansom
What people are saying
"C.J. Sansom’s Matthew Shardlake novels have earned their high praise not because they teach us about 16th century forensics, but because they insert us into the battered psyche of the hunchbacked Shardlake, letting us walk at his side as he navigates his imperfect world."
Executive Director @AquinasEmory; Author of MAN OF DIALOGUE: THOMAS MERTON’S CATHOLIC VISION (https://t.co/OPHwuaQav2); @BlueJays superfan; Opinions mine
@erin_zoutendam Totally fine! CJ Sansom’s Dissolution is must reading; the Walt Longmire series by Craig Johnson is outstanding; I’ve been enjoying Julia Spencer’s-Fleming’s series featuring an Episcopal priest named Clare Fergusson. I have so many more recs, but these come top of mind.
Praise for this book
"The sights, the voices, the very smell of this turbulent age seem to rise from the page. With his remarkable debut, C. J. Sansom can lay claim to a place among the most distinguished of modern historical novelists."--P. D. James
"Sansom seems to have been born with, or instinctively acquired, that precious balance of creativity and research that lets a mystery set in another time walk a delicate line between history and humanity."--Chicago Tribune
"With this cunningly plotted and darkly atmospheric effort, Sansom proves himself to be a promising newcomer."--Publishers Weekly
"This is a humdinger of a whodunnit. Read it!"--Colin Dexter
What people are saying
"C.J. Sansom’s Matthew Shardlake novels have earned their high praise not because they teach us about 16th century forensics, but because they insert us into the battered psyche of the hunchbacked Shardlake, letting us walk at his side as he navigates his imperfect world."
Executive Director @AquinasEmory; Author of MAN OF DIALOGUE: THOMAS MERTON’S CATHOLIC VISION (https://t.co/OPHwuaQav2); @BlueJays superfan; Opinions mine
@erin_zoutendam Totally fine! CJ Sansom’s Dissolution is must reading; the Walt Longmire series by Craig Johnson is outstanding; I’ve been enjoying Julia Spencer’s-Fleming’s series featuring an Episcopal priest named Clare Fergusson. I have so many more recs, but these come top of mind.