It is 1537 and Thomas Cromwell has ordered that all monastries should be dissolved. Cromwell's Comissioner is found dead, his head severed from his body. Dr Shardlake is sent to uncover the truth behind what has happened. His investigation forces him to question everything that he himself believes.
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C. J. Sansom was educated at Birmingham University, where he took a BA and then a PhD in history. After working in a variety of jobs, he retrained as a solicitor and practised in Sussex, until becoming a full-time writer. Sansom is the bestselling author of the acclaimed Shardlake series, the Spanish Civil War thriller Winter in Madrid and the number one bestseller Dominion. in 2023, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Edinburgh. He lived in Sussex until his death in 2024.
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Anbieter: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. Cover design differs to the one featured on Amazon. Protective plastic cover over the jacket. Leaning spine. Tanned & foxed textblock edge. Content is very good & clean. Artikel-Nr. 33473-16-09-2026-LMC
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Anbieter: Blaeberry Books, Lilliesleaf, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A near fine copy of a first edition, first impression hardback in a near fine, clipped dustjacket. All books are swathed in biodegradable bubble wrap and posted in strong, custom made book boxes to ensure undamaged delivery. Artikel-Nr. 014147
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Anbieter: MW Books, New York, NY, USA
Limited Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 300 p. ; 24 cm. Notes; Limited edition, #82 of 800 copies printed. Subjects; Monasticism and religious orders England History 16th century ; Fiction. Reformation England ; Fiction. Great Britain History Henry VIII, (1509-1547) ; Fiction. Genres; Detective and mystery stories. Fiction. Mystery fiction. 1 Kg. Artikel-Nr. 289199
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Anbieter: Acadia Art & Rare Books. Est. 1931, Toronto, ON, Kanada
Cloth over boards. Zustand: Near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near fine. First editions. A near fine set of the first four books of Sansom's Mathew Shardlake Series. All first editions and signed by the author. Dissolution Hardcover black cloth over boards with complete dustjacket. 8vo. 390 pp. Illustrated endpapers with a full colour map/floor plan of the Monastery of St. Donatus and the Ascendant of Scarnsea (same map repeated front and back). Gilt title, author, and publisher on spine. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Pages bright and clean. Page 255 dog-eared at the bottom. Binding strong and square. Boards and spine unblemished. The d/j is unmarked and wrapped in protective mylar. Dark Fire Hardcover black cloth over boards with complete dustjacket. 8vo. 503 pp. Illustrated endpapers with a full colour map of the City of London (same map repeated front and back). Gilt title, author, and publisher on spine. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Pages bright and clean. Binding strong and square. Boards and spine unblemished. The d/j is unmarked and wrapped in protective mylar. Sovereign Hardcover black cloth over boards with complete dustjacket. 8vo. 583 pp. Illustrated endpapers with a full colour map of the Route of King Henry VIII's Progress to the North, 1541, and York, 1541 (same map repeated front and back). Gilt title, author, and publisher on spine. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Pages bright and clean. Binding strong and square. Boards and spine unblemished. The d/j is unmarked and wrapped in protective mylar. Revelation Hardcover black cloth over boards with complete dustjacket. 8vo. 551 pp. Illustrated endpapers with a full colour map of the City of London (same map repeated front and back). Additional b/w map of Westminster 1543. Copper foil title, author, and publisher on spine. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Pages bright and clean with a tiny bit of binder's glue on the fore edge corner of the foot (pages turn fine, printer's error). Binding strong and square. Boards and spine unblemished. The d/j is unmarked save for a tiny enclosed tear (1 cm) on the back, and wrapped in protective mylar. Signed. Artikel-Nr. 67654
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