by C. J. Sansom · ASA Edições · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789724144283
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«Dissolução» is C. J. Sansom's historical mystery novel, published by ASA Edições in paperback (431 pages, in Portuguese).
In the winter of 1537, Henry VIII's England is living through the dissolution of the monasteries and the struggle between Catholics and reformers. After the murder of a commissioner in Scarnsea, the lawyer Matthew Shardlake is sent to investigate. He discovers corruption, hidden practices and betrayal within the monastery walls, and two deaths turn the case into a race to stop the killer.
It is the first installment in the Matthew Shardlake series and was originally published as Dissolution in 2003; this Portuguese edition is from 2005.
It is aimed at readers of historical noir set in the Tudor era and at those who want to begin the Matthew Shardlake series.
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.
