The third novel in the Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery series—the inspiration for the Hulu original series
Shardlake
!
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,
Dissolution
, was selected by P. D. James in
The Wall Street Journal
as one of her top five all-time favorite books. Now in
Sovereign
, Shardlake faces the most terrifying threat in the age of Tudor England: imprisonment in the Tower of London.
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.
Awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger – the highest honor in British crime writing