Soon Shardlake is sucked into a plot involving politics, the murky past of the Royal line, and the future of the Realm. These characters serve various purposes and the banter is highly educational while also keeping the reader from getting too serious about the reading experience. Yes, lest this sound like only misery and torture, I must add that the story has plenty of intrigue, plots, suggested dalliances between the very young queen (18) and her former suitors, and some interesting personal developments between Shardlake, Barak, an elderly lawyer, and Tamasin, who thinks she’s the illegitimate daughter of a gentleman of importance.

As I was reading this series, I came up with some ideas for spin-off series to continue the adventures of Matthew Shardlake and his friends. The first revised edition of the Token Publishing Ltd imprint of Michael Marsh’s The Gold Sovereign was published in 2017 to coincide with the 200th anniversary year of the famous coin. I think it would expand the world for the readers and give them a taste of other royal dynasties and what else was going on in the world during the time of the Tudor dynasty in England. However, shortly after arriving in York, Shardlake hears a scream and finds a glazier has been killed.Troisième roman de la série des Matthew Shardlake, "Soveriegn" nous replonge dans la cruelle Angleterre d'Henri VIII alors que celui-ci est en marche avec toute sa cour pour le Nord dont les habitants, majoritairement attachés à leur foi catholique, se sont récemment rebellés contre lui et contre la dissolution des monastères.

I love the idea that each book is numbered and limited, they're extra special because they're personalised with those sought-after signatures, and they are not on tip-in pages. I love the way Shardlake cannot move from his social station-you want him to argue and rile against and contradict other characters but he is deferential. People get hurt, sometimes badly―sometimes killed, and it’s this willingness to highlight the fact that standing up doesn’t come without real cost that gives Dreadnought its real heart. Now in Sovereign, Shardlake faces the most terrifying threat in the age of Tudor England: imprisonment int he Tower of London.With Barak busy being in love, under pressure from Maleverer and Rich, with several attempts on his life and humiliated by King Henry himself, this really makes you face the reality of the Tudor world. Starring Justin Salinger as Shardlake and Bryan Dick as Barak, this gripping third instalment of the 'Shardlake' series is a compelling murder mystery and a deeply evocative portrait of the turbulent Tudor world. Still, Shardlake faces adversity in this new land—York—where many challenge his veracity and capability, as though his back is indicative of feeble mindedness. Steven Crossley does a great job again – his Shardlake is now how I imagine him sounding, and I’ve grown used to his Barak, though he sounds a bit older and gruffer than he did in my mind while reading.

Well, a murder occurring shortly after Matthew’s arrival points to a vast conspiracy that could lead to disaster for the King and his family. King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to attend an extravagant submission of his rebellious subjects in York. Shardlake is good at standing back and observing which is great for the reader as the narrative is visual, at the same time exploring all the other senses. Fantastic plots and sub plots intermingled with historical accuracies takes the listener on a fascinating and truly gripping adventure.If you do want to know how I feel about each book, I have included links to each of the reviews down below. Once you start reading it is impossible to put down and even when you reach a point in the story where you think that everything is sorted, there's a major part of the story still to come. As someone who knows about the Wars of the Roses, to read Sansom’s description of the treacherous and rebellious city of York makes sense completely. Es en este grandioso marco histórico, ambientado de forma espléndida por el autor, donde transcurre la nueva aventura de nuestro abogado Shardlake, en York, punto final de la "Jornada" real. There were points where I was starting to get concerned just from the graphic details of some of these deaths and executions.

The peasants have to provide all the food, contribute to a stash of gold to be presented to the King, and put up with their fields being muddied and trashed by soldiers and others camping in them. Sansom himself was "Very Highly Commended" in the 2007 CWA Dagger in the Library award, for the Shardlake series.Do not forget he is chosen by God, appointed by Him to guide England into the paths of wisdom and truth. A violent clash at sea forces the warrior lord Uhtred to lead his men from his Northumbrian fortress to London and plunge into the eye of the storm. There were so many times that I was not sure Matthew was going to survive, but Sansom’s plan for his loveable protagonist throughout this series was simply brilliant. Before I jumped into this series, I honestly had never heard of it, except when people mentioned these books in posts that I asked my followers what they are reading. He has expanded Shardlake’s world outside of London to show that England was not all united for the Tudors.