6/23/2023 0 Comments Sovereign cj sansom review![]() As always, he is determined to stay on the side of what is right which lands him in trouble. This is a densely plotted novel with many clues and dead ends as Shardlake tries to find answers – to the murder of a local glazier removing glass from church windows, to an old legend about royal succession, to the connivings and hidden intentions of some of the ladies employed by the Queen, and why an old enemy is rousing dissent against Shardlake. ![]() But a series of odd events make him question his role in York and whether his life is in danger. Shardlake agrees reluctantly, aware he will be keeping alive a man destined for torture and the rack. To watch over the welfare of a Yorkist prisoner, ensuring the man is kept alive and able to be interrogated in London. Lawyer Shardlake is in York at the bequest of Archbishop Cranmer ostensibly to present legal petitions to the King, but he also has a secret task. ![]() Taking true events –Henry VIII’s Royal Progress to York in 1541, the northern rebellion against the crown and the rumours of Queen Catherine’s infidelity – Sansom writes a complex story of rebels, betrayal, bastards and inheritance that keeps one more page turning. ![]() Sovereign by CJ Sansom is third in the Matthew Shardlake series and the best so far. ![]()
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