Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake Series #3) » (~)

After a career as a lawyer, C. J. Sansom now writes full-time. He is the author of the Matthew Shardlake mystery series, which includes Dissolution, Dark Fire, and Sovereign.

The year is 1541, and harsh autumn winds stir the English countryside. Following a violent uprising, King Henry VIII travels to York, where an important prisoner will be interrogated. Lawyer Matthew Shardlake is assigned to protect this conspirator, but he soon discovers a greater conspiracy threatening the crown.

Kirkus Reviews hails Sovereign as "highly intelligent entertainment."

The Sunday Independent (London)

Authors of the caliber of P. D. James, Ruth Rendell, Ian Rankin, and Minette Walters remain rare. C. J. Sansom's Sovereign . . . deserves as wide a readership as any of the above. . . . It's deeper, stronger, and subtler than most novels in the genre.