pickThe 3rd in the Shardlake series and full of interesting facts. I did find the book repetitive in parts, there are only so many times that you can talk about the weather or visit your horse in the stables. It's quite amazing how trouble finds Shardlake or he finds trouble himself. Due to the similarities between the first three books, at this stage I don't feel inclined to carry on reading anymore in the series. It's a good 16thcentury period read.
pickThe last book of the Shardlake series and as full of the twists and turns that you'd expect. I love these characters, and Nicholas is a fine addition but I did wonder if Matthew will ever learn from past mistakes, it seems not.
This book sees Matthew return to the double crossings and manipulations of Henry VIII's Court, fraught with the ever shifting agendas, religious alliances, and Henry's ever changeable moods.
A fantastic end to the series.
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One of my favorite detective series of all time. If you like Tudor history and detective stories, then this is the series for you.❣️
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If a Matthew Shardlake book comes out, I get it, no matter what. I LOVE this series! The stories take place during the Tudor reign, and Shardlake is a hunchbacked (his words) detective-lawyer who gets into all kinds of interesting situations, which then evolve into me learning something historical about the time period. The tagged book, Dissolution, is my favorite because that's where the fun begins. 🕵🏼
pickWith me being a fan of crime fiction, and this being set in probably the period of English history that fascinated me more than any other, this was always going to be a pick! It was, for me, made more interesting because of the difficult relationship between Shardlake and his assistant.
I‘ve added this series to my #SeriesLove2023 list 😊
Second finish in the #JoyousJanuary readathon; I sadly haven‘t had much time to read this week.
I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!
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pickThis is C.J. Sansom's last Shardlake novel, so I read it with a heavy heart to begin with. As always there is a mystery involving a distant relative of Anne “Beheaded“ Boleyn, but 80% of the novel (the whole middle part) deals with Kett's Rebellion, a farmers' rebellion in Norfolk (Tombland to be exact) against the upper classes. The history was riveting and (again) had me looking up a bunch of stuff. I'll miss Shardlake's medieval adventures.
so-soI loved the four books preceding this one but I found this one hard to rate. Either Sansom was doing something very clever and making the reader as frustrated with Matthew as Jack is, or he pitched this was slightly wrong. I still don't know because even if it's the former, I don't really want this level of frustration when reading. It was less suspenseful and more maddening.
pickThis was a super enjoyable mystery for anyone who enjoys the Tudor period. And especially if you‘re a fan of #nunlit this is #monklit ! Most of the book is spent in a snowed in monastery in rural England as you accompany Matthew Shardlake, lawyer and commissioner to Cromwell, uncover the secrets behind a murder during the period when Cromwell is seeking the dissolution of monasteries and their lands. Great atmosphere for a cosy autumn read 👍
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📖 Dissolution (CJ Sansom)
✒ G.W. Dahlquist
🎞 Death at a Funeral (original UK version)
🎤 David Bowie / Depeche Mode
🎶 Do you love me? (The Contours)
Hon mentions: Dune (Frank Herbert), The Draw (Bastille song), Dracula: Dead & Loving it
