But Shardlake's investigation soon forces him to question everything he hears, and everything that he intrinsically believes. Title in this set: Dissolution Dark Fire Sovereign Revelation Heartstone Lamentation Dissolution It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest. Dr Matthew Shardlake, lawyer and long-time supporter of Reform, has been sent by Cromwell into this atmosphere of treachery and death. 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. Cromwell's Commissioner Robin Singleton, has been found dead, his head severed from his body. Fast-paced and suspenseful, it is both an engrossing murder mystery and a brilliantly realised portrayal of Tudor England. But on the Sussex coast, at the monastery of Scarnsea, events have spiralled out of control. There can only be one outcome: the monasteries are to be dissolved.
Under the order of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is sent through the country to investigate the monasteries. 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. Most relevant reviews Brings the Tudor World to life Dissolution - a wonderful introduction to history in the life and times of the Tudors. It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. Sansom, followed by Dark Fire, Sovereign, Revelation, Heartstone and Lamentation. Dissolution is the first in the phenomenal Shardlake series by bestselling author, C.
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