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Newest Review: ... a death in a monastry. Once Shardlake arrives he susepcts everybody but can find no evidence. Every time he gets close to ... more

 ... someone who may be willing to help they die! Set against a backdrop of Henry V11 and his dissolution of the monastries this is 439 pages of intrigue and mystery. If work had not got in my way this is a book that I would have read cover to cover in one go. Shardlake's appearance challenges our personal views whilst his inner emotions draw you to him. The author, C.J. Sansom, uses descriptive writing to paint an intricate picture of monastry life in the depths of a harsh winter whilst the monks are a collective ...more

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QueenElf
Crowned ReviewDissolution - C.J. Sansom: Off with his head! (943 words)
by - written on 30/09/11 (Very useful, 68 readings)
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I'm one of those people who try new things especially when it's a book and so I look out for reviewed books when I'm in my local library. It's a small one so I don't get to find many but was lucky to get a copy of Dissolution a week ago. Unfortuantely I've been busy for me and not liking to leave a book unread I waited until I could read it over two days. I also felt this gave me time to take in something new to me. I do like Historical fiction but was slightly put off this by The Cadfael books, as they seemed similar. On reading Dissolution I realized the story was set in a different time and it wasn't the monk making the investigating it was a much ...  Read the complete review

SWSt
Crowned ReviewFull of Monk(ey) business (1049 words)
by - written on 07/03/07 (Very useful, 195 readings)
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In the late 1530s, Thomas Cromwell is overseeing the dissolution of the monasteries in England. As part of this task, lawyer Matthew Shardlarke is despatched to Scarnsea Monastery to oversee its surrender, but quickly becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder. As a historian, I don’t normally read historical novels. This is because they can sometimes get “facts” so spectacularly wrong that I find it incredibly irritating – to the point where I no longer care about the story. I was particularly wary of this book, as it concentrates on England in the 1530s – my specialist subject at university and so a period I know a fair bit about. However, I was ...  Read the complete review

Vixstar
Dissolution - C.J. Sansom: Crime solving Tudor hunchback! (580 words)
by - written on 26/10/09 (Very useful, 143 readings)
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I picked up a copy of Dissolution when staying at a relative's and suffering from a lack of reading material, being one for judging a book by the blurb on the back the basis of a murder mystery set in Tudor times intrigued me and I read on. It's 1537, Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and Thomas Cromwell has commenced the investigation of the monastries, with the intention of dissolving them. Cromwell's team of Commissioner's have been sent far and wide to interrogate the workings of the monastries and force them to surrender to closure. But in the Sussex coastal town of Scarnsea one commissioners investigations have taken a nasty ...  Read the complete review

laukez
Murder and intrigue at the monastery (533 words)
by - written on 03/09/09, updated on  03/09/09 (Very useful, 31 readings)
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I've just finished reading this book and have to say I found it to be a very enjoyable a read. First off I must say it's not usually my type of thing - crime/historical/murder mystery type things aren't and this book has elements of all of these. However, having read the last book of the series in desperation having run out of books on holiday last year and having it donated, I really enjoyed that one so thought I would give the rest of the series a go. The story introduces the character of Matthew Shardlake, a lawyer who finds himself in the favour of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's right hand man in 1537 when the book is set. After the murder of the king's ...  Read the complete review

Gemma_C
Dissolution - C.J. Sansom: Monasteries, Monks and Murder in the Tudor times. (638 words)
by - written on 19/07/09 (Very useful, 272 readings)
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I'd had this book for a while and kept putting off reading it as to be honest, it didn't sound too appealing to me, despite it's great reviews! However after having recently read The Other Boleyn Girl I was in the mood to read some more books set in the Tudor Times so I finally picked this up. I only wished I'd read it sooner! This is the first book of four in C.J. Sansom's popular 'Shardlake series.' The book is set in the late 1530's not long after the death of Queen Jane Seymour, and Thomas Cromwell is overseeing the dissolution of the monasteries in England. Cromwell calls upon hunchback lawyer Matthew Shardlake to investigate the death of a comissioner ...  Read the complete review

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