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Indlæser... Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake Mysteries, No. 3) (original 2006; udgave 2007)af C. J. Sansom (Forfatter)
Work InformationSovereign af C. J. Sansom (2006)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Oh my, what a ride! Again such a detailed and three-dimensional glimpse into the period and its historic characters as well as the authors's, and such a multi-layered, complex and revealing plot and story which taps into so many of the time's issues. Again a brilliant and very entertaining read which brought the time so well alive. I enjoyed this third book in the series more that the second, but a little less than the first. Due to the good levels of historical accuracy, I actually learned quite a bit from this novel. Interesting plot which had me puzzled for a long while before the explanation, although the identity of the murderer was easier for me to guess. Well written as always, and enjoyable. This book seems to longer than the others in the series, but this wasn't noticeable whilst reading. I'd continue to recommend this series to fans of the time period and/or fans of detective fiction. Lots of plot, these Shardlake mysteries! Who dunnit, who keeps doing it! The whole preoccupation with parentage & class seems historically accurate... have we got past that, really? The confusion and conflict over religion, for sure. Folks nowadays seem to have forgotten how ugly it gets when religion and politics get all mixed up. The 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was put there for very good reason! The folks who interpret religious freedom as the freedom to impose religion... well, Enlightenment might well be a short lived phase, sorry to say. Anyway, another good page turner. Took me about two days to read it!
"Tension is kept up as the lawyer's compassion for the conspirator wars with his sense of duty in this craftsmanlike piece of historical fiction." "As always, former lawyer Sansom (Dark Fire, 2005, etc.) fleshes out the detection with rich historic details presented at a stately pace." Belongs to SeriesIndeholdt iHar tilpasningenHæderspriserDistinctionsNotable Lists
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. No library descriptions found. |
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Barak finds meaningful romance for the first time when he meets Tamasin who is working as a sweetmeat maker for Queen Catherine. But things take a sinister turn when a glazier, who is removing the stained glass windows from the decommissioned abbey church in the walled enclosure that is to be the King's base in York, is killed - and it soon transpires that not only has he been murdered but that he seems to be mixed up in the recently put-down conspiracy. For it seems that some members have managed to evade the authorities.
As usual this is a page-turner with various attempts on Shardlake's life, against a complex interweaving of Tudor politics, religion and social castes. I did work out some elements of the mystery, as I had seen the documentary which the author refers to in his endnote, but didn't work out all the elements of who had done what. I did though work out who one of the villains had to be, but I still found the denouement effective and saddening. The only weakness in the book, which holds it back from 5 stars, is that the author has a few "ticks" which really jumped out and kept taking me out of the story. People constantly take a deep breath - Shardlake himself does this 5 or 6 times in one scene. And there were a few continuity errors, such as having a character stand up twice about two paragraphs apart. But it still merits a well-deserved 4 stars. ( )