Sovereign (SIGNED)

Autumn, 1541. Following the uncovering of a plot against his throne in Yorkshire, King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to overawe his rebellious subjects there. Accompanied by a thousand soldiers, the cream of the nobility, and his fifth wife Catherine Howard, the King is to attend an extravagant submission of the local gentry at York. 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 - to ensure the welfare of an important but dangerous conspirator being returned to London for interrogation. 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. As the Great Progress arrives in the city, Shardlake and Barak stumble upon a cache of secret papers that holds danger for the King's throne, and a chain of events unfolds that will lead Shardlake facing the most terrifying fate of the age. It?s 1541, And A Year Has Passed Since The Beheading Of Thomas Cromwell. Matthew Shardlake Had Been Pulled Unwillingly By Cromwell Into Two Mortally Dangerous Plots (dissolution And Dark Fire), But Any Hopes He Now Has That Those Days Are Behind Him Are Dashed When He Is Summoned To Meet Archbishop Cranmer, Now King Henry Viii?s Right Hand Man. Cranmer Wants Shardlake To Take Care Of A Few Routine Matters In York, Towards Which Place The King Is Approaching With Five Thousand Horses, One Thousand Wagons, One Thousand Soldiers, And All Their Retinue? The Largest Royal Progress Of Tudor Times? To Terrify The Recently-rebellious Northerners. Shardlake And His Companion Barak Have Barely Arrived At York Before They Are Caught Up In A Bloody And Brutal Murder? C.j. Sansom. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 582-583). Krimi. Historisk roman fra England 1541. I efteråret drager kong Henry VIII med et stort følge til York for at undertrykke de oprørske indbyggere. I følget findes sagføreren Matthew Shardlake, der bl.a. skal holde øje med en farlig forræder, som sidder fængslet på slottet. Mordet på en lokal håndværker involverer imidlertid Shardlake i flere mysterier, der ikke alene har forbindelse til fangen, men til selve den kongelige familie author signed ON BOOKPLATE laid inside, first print hardcover in mylar protected dustjacket. first UK edition. looks unused with very minor shelf wear and a very faint stain mark to bottom of page ends, o/w no marks, not remaindered, not xlib, not bookclub, dj price intact & number line down to 1. fiction hardcover