by C. J. Sansom · Pan Macmillan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330411967
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«Dissolution» is the historical mystery novel by C. J. Sansom, published by Pan Macmillan in paperback (464 pages, in English).
In Henry VIII's England, with the dissolution of the monasteries in full swing, lawyer Matthew Shardlake is sent to Scarnsea monastery to investigate the murder of a royal commissioner. What he finds is a closed, hostile community full of secrets, where his investigation uncovers a web of intrigue linking local crimes to the power struggles of the court.
First installment of the «Matthew Shardlake» series, featuring the hunchbacked lawyer of the same name.
For readers of historical fiction and mystery seeking a detailed Tudor setting and a charismatic protagonist.
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.
