Sovereign: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor MysteryThe third novel in the Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery series—soon to be an original streaming series! C. 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 faces the most terrifying threat in the age of Tudor England: imprisonment int he Tower of London. 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. Awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger – the highest honor in British crime writing |
Contents
Chapter Four | |
Chapter Five | |
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Chapter Eight | |
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Chapter Eleven | |
Chapter Twentyfive | |
Chapter Twentysix | |
Chapter Twentyeight | |
Chapter Thirty | |
Chapter Thirtyone | |
Chapter Thirtytwo | |
Chapter Thirtyfour | |
Chapter Thirtysix | |
Chapter Twelve | |
Chapter Thirteen | |
Chapter Fourteen | |
Chapter Fifteen | |
Chapter Seventeen | |
Chapter Eighteen | |
Chapter Twenty | |
Chapter Twentytwo | |
Chapter Twentythree | |
Chapter Thirtyeight | |
Chapter Thirtynine | |
Chapter Forty | |
Chapter Fortytwo | |
Chapter Fortyfour | |
Chapter Fortysix | |
Chapter Fortyeight | |
Historical Note | |
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