Matthew Shardlake Serie

Ordine di lettura consigliato

1. L'Enigma del Gallo Nero

   • C. J. Sansom

   • 432pagine
   • 16 ore di lettura

   Exciting and elegantly written, Dissolution is an utterly compelling first novel and a 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 protégé 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.

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2. Dark Fire

   • C. J. Sansom

   In this sequel to "Dissolution," it is now 1540, and Shardlake has returned to practicing law in London. When he is called on to help a friend's niece, charged with killing her cousin, he has no idea it will force him back into Cromwell's dangerous schemes.

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3. Il segreto della Torre di Londra

   • C. J. Sansom

   • 632pagine
   • 23 ore di lettura

   Sovrano assoluto. Questa è la definizione di sé che Enrico VIII vuole ribadire all'inquieta nobiltà del Nord Inghilterra, dopo aver scoperto un complotto per rovesciare la monarchia. A questo scopo, nell'autunno del 1541 il re intraprende una grandiosa visita ufficiale nel paese per ricevere atto di sottomissione. Lo accompagnano migliaia di soldati, la crema della nobiltà e la quinta moglie, la giovane e frizzante Catherine Howard. Anche Matthew Shardlake - che i lettori di C.J. Sansom hanno già incontrato nei precedenti romanzi "L'enigma del gallo nero" e "La scomparsa del fuoco greco" - viene convocato per far parte del seguito e per assicurarsi che un importante cospiratore arrivi vivo alla Torre di Londra dove sarà interrogato. Ma, nel fermento generale, l'acuto legale coglie alcuni segnali inquietanti e, aiutato dal fedele assistente Barak, indaga per conto proprio. Così, mentre l'augusto corteo avanza, mastro Shardlake incappa in una serie di compromettenti informazioni che, se rivelate, minerebbero la stabilità dei Tudor:

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4. Revelation

   • C. J. Sansom

   The fourth book in the Shardlake mystery series takes place in 1543. When an old friend of Matthew Shardlake's is murdered, he vows to bring the killer to justice. His search leads him back to the dark prophecies of the Book of Revelation--and a series of horrific murders.

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5. Heartstone

   • C. J. Sansom

   • 592pagine
   • 21 ore di lettura

   Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong, and a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel. As the English fleet gathers at Portsmouth, the country raises the largest militia army it has ever seen. The King has debased the currency to pay for the war.

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6. Lamentation

   • C. J. Sansom

   King Henry VIII is dying. His Protestant and Catholic councillors are engaged in a final and decisive power struggle; whoever wins will control the government of Henry's successor, the eight-year-old prince. As heretics are hunted, and the radical Protestant Anne Askew is burned at the stake, the Catholic party focus their attack on Henry's sixth wife, Shardlake's old mentor, Queen Catherine Parr.

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7. Tombland

   • C. J. Sansom

   During the political upheaval of Tudor-era England, the lawyer Matthew Shardlake must decide where his loyalties lie in "one of the best ongoing mystery series" for fans of Hilary Mantel (Christian Science Monitor). LONGLISTED FOR THE SIR WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION Spring, 1549. Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos. The nominal king, Edward VI, is eleven years old. His uncle, Edward Seymour, Lord Hertford, rules as Edward's regent and Protector. In the kingdom, radical Protestants are driving the old religion into extinction, while the Protector's prolonged war with Scotland has led to hyperinflation and economic collapse. Rebellion is stirring among the peasantry. Matthew Shardlake has been working as a lawyer in the service of Henry's younger daughter, the lady Elizabeth. The gruesome murder of one of Elizabeth's distant relations, rumored to be politically murdered, draws Shardlake and his companion Nicholas to the lady's summer estate, where a second murder is committed. As the kingdom explodes into rebellion, Nicholas is imprisoned for his loyalty, and Shardlake must decide where his loyalties lie -- with his kingdom, or with his lady?

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