Sovereign

Description:

The third installment of C. J. Sansom's acclaimed Matthew Shardlake mystery seriesC. J . Sansom has garnered a wider audience and increased critical praise with each new novel published. His first book in the Matthew Shardlake series, *Dissolution*, was selected by P. D. James in *The Wall Street Journal* as one of her top-five all-time favorite books. Now in *Sovereign*, Shardlake and his loyal assistant, Jack Barak, find themselves embroiled in royal intrigue when a plot against King Henry VIII is uncovered in York and a dangerous conspirator they've been charged with transporting to London is connected to the death of a local glazer.

subjects: History,  Fiction,  Detective and mystery stories,  Historical fiction,  Legal stories,  Fiction, mystery & detective, general,  Great britain, fiction,  Lawyers, fiction,  London (england), fiction,  Fiction, historical, general,  Matthew Shardlake (Fictitious character),  Lawyers,  Murder

Places: Great Britain

Times: Henry VIII, 1509-1547