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Dissolution : a novel of Tudor England

Matthew Shardlake, a keenly intelligent hunchback lawyer in the service of Thomas Cromwell, seeks to create a world in which faith and charity would be enough to settle differences. When England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church, Cromwell is charged with the task of suppressing the country's monasteries and confiscating their land. As Shardlake starts to doubt Cromwell's methods for achieving reform, he is sent to investigate a monastery murder that only serves to fuel his suspicions, even as his own loyalty comes under the microscope.

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  • "Une enquête sur une série de morts mystérieuses survenues dans un monastère anglais au XVIe siècle. Premier roman."
  • "Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and the country is waking up to savage new laws. Under the order of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is sent through the country to investigate the monasteries. But on the Sussex coast, at the monastery of Scarnsea, events have spiralled out of control."
  • "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. The country is waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers ever seen. And under the orders of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is sent throughout the country to investigate the monasteries. There can only be one outcome: dissolution. 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. Matthew Shardlake, lawyer and long-time supporter of Reform, has been sent by Cromwell to uncover the truth behind the dark happenings at Scarnsea. But investigation soon forces Shardlake to question everything that he hears, and everything that he intrinsically believes ..."
  • "Matthew Shardlake, a keenly intelligent hunchback lawyer in the service of Thomas Cromwell, seeks to create a world in which faith and charity would be enough to settle differences. When England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church, Cromwell is charged with the task of suppressing the country's monasteries and confiscating their land. As Shardlake starts to doubt Cromwell's methods for achieving reform, he is sent to investigate a monastery murder that only serves to fuel his suspicions, even as his own loyalty comes under the microscope."@en
  • "The 1st instalment in the wildly popular Matthew Shardlake mystery series, now available from Vintage Canada. 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. The country is waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers it has ever seen. And under the orders of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is sent throughout the country to investigate the monasteries. There can only be one outcome: dissolution. 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. Matthew Shardlake, lawyer and long-time supporter of Reform, has been sent by Cromwell to uncover the truth behind the dark happenings at Scarnsea. But investigation soon forces Shardlake to question everything that he hears, and everything that he intrinsically believes..."
  • "From the bestselling author of Winter in Madrid and Dominion comes the exciting and elegantly written first novel in the Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery series Dissolution is an utterly riveting portrayal of Tudor England. The year is 1537, and the country is divided between those faithful to the Catholic Church and those loyal to the king and the newly established Church of England. When a royal commissioner is brutally murdered in a monastery on the south coast of England, Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's feared vicar general, summons fellow reformer Matthew Shardlake to lead the inquiry. Shardlake and his young protEgE uncover evidence of sexual misconduct, embezzlement, and treason, and when two other murders are revealed, they must move quickly to prevent the killer from striking again. A "remarkable debut" (P. D. James), Dissolution introduces a thrilling historical series that is not to be missed by fans of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies."@en
  • "In what's being called a brilliant debut, Sansom presents a riveting historical novel in which issues of politics and faith collide when a gruesome murder is committed in a remote Benedictine monastery during the reign of Henry VIII."@en
  • "Een Engelse advocaat, Matthew Shardlake, wordt in de 16e eeuw als gevolmachtigde van Hendrik VIII naar een klooster aan de Engelse zuidkust gezonden om enkele daar gepleegde moorden op te lossen."
  • "Having worked to establish laws that protect the interests of the crown in 1537, Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's feared vicar-general, enlists fellow reformer and lawyer Matthew Shardlake to investigate a commissioner's murder, which may be tied to an impending rebellion."@en
  • "Having worked to establish laws that protect the interests of the crown in 1537, Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's feared vicar-general, enlists fellow reformer and lawyer Matthew Shardlake to investigate a commissioner's murder, which may be tied to an impending rebellion."

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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Historical novels"
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Anglické romány"
  • "Historické romány"
  • "Roman historique"
  • "Detective novels"
  • "Detektivní romány"
  • "English fiction"
  • "Roman policier"
  • "Translations"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Legal stories"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en

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  • "Djævelens værk"@da
  • "Dissolution : a novel of Tudor England"
  • "Dissolution : a novel of Tudor England"@en
  • "Pforte der Verdammnis historischer Kriminalroman"
  • "Pforte der Verdammnis mit einer Krimi-Analyse der ZEIT-Redaktion"
  • "El gallo negro"
  • "El gallo negro"@es
  • "De onthechting"
  • "Dissolution. [1]"@en
  • "Pforte der Verdammnis : Roman"
  • "Dissolução"
  • "Djævlens værk"@da
  • "Gorbun lorda Kromveli︠a︡"
  • "Dissolution a matthew shardlake tudor mystery"@en
  • "Dissolution : [roman]"
  • "Sissolution"
  • "Горбун лорда Кромвеля"
  • "Rozpuštění : detektivní román z doby Jindřicha VIII"
  • "Dissolution"@en
  • "Dissolution"
  • "Raskol"
  • "Pforte der Verdammnis : mit einer Krimi-Analyse der ZEIT-Redaktion ; [Anno 1537]"
  • "Kard által"
  • "Kard által"@hu
  • "Kloostermoord"

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