Lamentation (The Shardlake series Book 6)
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (718 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00KVK30W4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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James"Sansom has an unerring sense of pace and a deft historical touch." The New Yorker"Sansom brings alive all levels of English society, from cutthroats and common soldiers to the king and queen themselves." Washington Post"A richly entertaining and scholarly series. Historical fiction has long languished in the doldrums, despised by critics as an inferior genre. "Utterly convincing. SANSOM AND THE MATTHEW SHARDLAKE NOVELS:"One of my favorite writers." Kate Atkinson"Among the most distinguished of modern historical novelists." P.D. History never seemed so real." New York Times Book Review"Sansom se
Only one page has been recovered--clutched in the hand of a murdered London printer.Shardlake's investigations take him on a trail that begins among the backstreet printshops of London, but leads him and his trusty assistant Jack Barak into the dark and labyrinthine world of court politics, a world Shardlake swore never to enter again. As heretics are hunted across London, and radical Protestants are burned at the stake, the Catholic party focuses its attack on Henry's sixth wife--and Matthew Shardlake's old mentor--Queen Catherine Parr.Shardlake, still haunted by his narrow escape from death the year before, steps into action when the beleaguered and desperate Queen summons him to Whitehall Palace to help her recover a dangerous manuscript. As Henry VIII lies on
Sansom was educated at Birmingham University, where he took a BA and then a PhD in history. C. Discover more at cjsansom and facebook/CJSansomAuthor . He lives in Sussex. After working in a variety of jobs, he retrained as a solicitor and practised in Sussex, until becoming a full-time writer. J. Sansom is the bestselling author of the cr
Shardlake risks the lives of others to save the Queen Once again Sansom offers up a read of epic proportions with this nearly 650 page long mystery set in the era of Henry VIII during the last year of his life.Shardlake will do anything for Queen Catherine Parr, almost to the point of obsession.He endangers his friends and family in the attempt to keep her from harm. Danger to the point of near death.The author melds the details of the complicated religious setting, which prevailed during this time in history, with the story and the characters.The cry of or the mere murmur of the word heresy is eno. Fascinating History Brought Expertly to Life Bruce Headland The latest in a great series of historical novels by C.J.Sansom that allow you to "smell" and feel the London of the time as well as the intrigue, treachery and excesses of the court of Henry VIII and his wife, Catherine Parr.The religious conflicts between Protestant and Catholic beliefs, as well as the common citizen's fear of persecution and of ending up being burned at the stake for not keeping his religion to himself, come vividly to life.Fiction, but based on a lot of deep study of documents and known facts, mixed, in some cases the Author. "Intrigue in the court of Henry VIII" according to Half Moon Kit. Lamentation is one of the best books in the Tudor mystery series, starring hunchback lawyer Matthew Shardlake. It contains more intrigue in the palace of dying Henry VIII than the other books and features Henry's 6th and last wife Catherine Parr, who may be in big trouble. Shardlake, who has a hopeless crush on the queen, will do anything to help her. CJ Sansom's writing and research are impeccable. A page-turner and a great read.