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A carregar... Dissolutionpor C. J. Sansom
  
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A well-written historical mystery, unique for both its characters and setting. A definite winner for fans of historical mystery. Belongs to SeriesEstá contido emDissolution / Dark Fire / Sovereign / Revelation por C. J. Sansom (indirecta) Matthew Shardlake Mysteries (5 Book Series) por C. J. Sansom (indirecta)
Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and the country is waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers ever seen. Under the order of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is sent through the country to investigate the monasteries. There can only be one outcome: the monasteries are to be dissolved. 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 - a black cockerel sacrificed on the alter, and the disappearance of Scarnsea's Great Relic. Dr Matthew Shardlake, lawyer and long-time supporter of Reform, has been sent by Cromwell into this atmosphere of treachery and death. But Shardlake's investigation soon forces him to question everything he hears, and everything that he intrinsically believes . . . Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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