Dissolution

Dissolution

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Crime, Thrillers & True Crime, Crime & Thrillers
Paperback Published on: 16/07/2015
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Dissolution
Time travel in a book!
Oh, why oh why did I wait so long to start this series? As a Tudor obsessive, there is really no excuse for me. I LOVED it. Shardlake is an excellent chara... READ MORE
Steph at Basingstoke
Dissolution
Worth the hype!
So glad I finally gave in and read this oft-recommended book. I'm obsessed with the Tudor period so I really don't know why I hadn't read it sooner! An eng... READ MORE
Steph at Basingstoke

Synopsis

Dissolution is the first in the phenomenal Shardlake series by bestselling author, C. J. Sansom, followed by Dark Fire, Sovereign, Revelation, Heartstone and Lamentation.

It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and the country is waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers ever seen. Under the order of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is sent through the country to investigate the monasteries. There can only be one outcome: the monasteries are to be dissolved.

But on the Sussex coast, at the monastery of Scarnsea, events have spiralled out of control. Cromwell's Commissioner Robin Singleton, has been found dead, his head severed from his body.

His horrific murder is accompanied by equally sinister acts of sacrilege - a black cockerel sacrificed on the altar, and the disappearance of Scarnsea's Great Relic.

Dr Matthew Shardlake, lawyer and long-time supporter of Reform, has been sent by Cromwell into this atmosphere of treachery and death. But Shardlake's investigation soon forces him to question everything he hears, and everything that he intrinsically believes . . .

  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
  • ISBN: 9781447285830
  • Number of pages: 480
  • Weight: 342g
  • Dimensions: 197 x 131 x 30 mm

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Dissolution
Atmospheric, great characters and a complex plot. A Great read!
This is the first book in the famous Shardlake series, and a worthy beginning to a set of books that have disturbed and created interest in this period. Th... READ MORE
Sarah
Dissolution
Wonderful !
C J Sansom has the gift of not only bringing the past to life but can tell a brilliant crime novel at the same time ! Matthew Shardlake is a lawyer based a... READ MORE
rozradmore
Dissolution
Absolutely brilliant!
The starting book of the fantastic Shardlake series...I wasn't sure I'd enjoy this book as Tudor history was never my 'thing', so I was pleasantly surprise... READ MORE
Helen Loy
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Dissolution
I got hooked on the Shardlake series with this novel!
Helen Morgan
Dissolution
Dissolution by C.J. Samson
Well written historical thriller at the time of Henry Vlll’s dissolution of the monasteries by Cromwell. Has you guessing right up to the end. Loved it.
Elaine Grae
Dissolution
Couldn't put it down!!
Dissolution is my first foray into the writing of C. J. Sansom and I wasn't disappointed! I found it an easy read but filled with great scene setting desc... READ MORE
Heidi
Dissolution
Good book, but finale is predictable
CJ Sansom is a brilliant writer and this is a good book; it’s definitely worth a read. However, it became pretty obvious who the murderer was at around 100... READ MORE
Jurij Fogli nervi
Dissolution
A great introduction
I was introduced to this series of books by my very good friend from Manchester. She said it would be best to start with Dissolution. I was hooked from the... READ MORE
David Arnold
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Super
JOHN WHEATLEY
Dissolution
The perfect historical crime novel
C. J. Sansom's Shardlake series is the stuff of literary legend. Set during the reign of Henry VIII, the peak of Tudor tyranny, protagonist Matthew Shardla... READ MORE
WilWritesReviews
Dissolution
The perfect historical crime novel
C. J. Sansom's Shardlake series is the stuff of literary legend. Set during the reign of Henry VIII, the peak of Tudor tyranny, protagonist Matthew Shardla... READ MORE
WilWritesReviews
Dissolution
Definite page turner!!
As someone who is new to the historical fiction genre, this book was an excellent choice to start with!. I didn't know what to expect from this book but it... READ MORE
Jay