Sovereign

<p><b>Following on from<i> Dissolution</i> and <i>Dark Fire, Sovereign</i> is the third gripping historical novel</b> <b>in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series, for fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory.</b><br><br><b>'A parchment-turner, and a regal one at that' - <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><br><b>&lsquo;Sansom has the trick of writing an enthralling narrative. Like Hilary Mantel, he produces densely textured historical novels that absorb their readers in another time&rsquo; - Andrew Taylor, <i>Spectator </i></b><br><br><b>Autumn, 1541:</b> King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to attend an extravagant submission of his rebellious subjects in York.<br><br>Already in the city are lawyer Matthew Shardlake and his assistant Jack Barak. As well as assisting with legal work processing petitions to the King, Shardlake has reluctantly undertaken a special mission for the Archbishop Cranmer &ndash; to ensure the welfare of an important but dangerous conspirator being returned to London for interrogation.<br><br>But the murder of a local glazier involves Shardlake in deeper mysteries, connected not only to the prisoner in York Castle but to the royal family itself. And when Shardlake and Barak stumble upon a cache of secret papers which could threaten the Tudor throne, a chain of events unfolds that will lead to Shardlake facing the most terrifying fate of the age . . .<br><br><b>Continue the number one bestselling historical series with<i> Revelation, Heartstone, Lamentation</i> and<i> Tombland</i>.</b></p>