Sovereign

<b>The third novel in the Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery series--the inspiration for the Hulu original series <i>Shardlake</i>!<i> <p/></i></b>C. J . Sansom has garnered a wider audience and increased critical praise with each new novel published. His first book in the Matthew Shardlake series <i>Dissolution</i> was selected by P. D. James in <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> as one of her top five all-time favorite books. Now in <i>Sovereign</i> Shardlake faces the most terrifying threat in the age of Tudor England: imprisonment in the Tower of London. <p/>Shardlake and his loyal assistant Jack Barak find themselves embroiled in royal intrigue when a plot against King Henry VIII is uncovered in York and a dangerous conspirator they've been charged with transporting to London is connected to the death of a local glazer. <p/> <b>Awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger - the highest honor in British crime writing</b>