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have been reading the shardlake series and this was equally brilliant! from the first page to the last it kept me within it's grip! Sansom describes the historic scenery as if he had actually been around at the time! This is the second book of the Shardlake series and I guarantee that if you start reading them you will not rest until you have read them all! It starts with Dissolution, which is an incredible book, introducing the hunchback lawyer Shardlake to the readers, followed by Dark Fire, then Sovereign and finally Revelation. Each book centres around cases which Shardlake is dealing with on behalf of clients but also he is drawn into solving quite horrific murder cases with the help of a few of his close associates. The period is Tudor, Henry is in his prime with the first book but is nearing the end of his reign by the final book. The religeous turmoil that was rife during this time is bought to life by Sansom and he leaves none of the bloody torture details to the immagination! possibly not for the faint hearted! I picked up the first book in this series by chance, but after reading it I could not get my hands on the other books quick enough! I have never read an historical murder/mystery set of books that was so evocative of the period being written about as these books. If you love reading about the nastier side of 'ye merrie england' and don't want all the flowery, romantic and utterly untrue side of Tudor history, then read these books! I promise you, once you start you will not rest until you have read every last line of each book! and even the last book will leave you desperately wishing there was more to come!!!Read full review
i have been getting the whole set of these books for my hubby,i gave him the first one and he just couldn't put it down.so he has now read the whole set.and enjoyed every one of the books.he cant wait for the new one that is due out in october.so he hasnt got long,he reads a lot of books 📚 and i haven't seen him that eager to read the books. enjoy if you get all of them🙂 Lynn 🙂🙂
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This book was much better quality than expected, especially for the price. Not had time to read it yet.
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As above.
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