Dark Fire: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery |
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| Authors: | Sansom, C. J. |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| BISAC/Subject: | FIC014000, FIC019000, FIC022000 |
| ISBN: | 9781101042571, Related ISBNs: 0143036432, 0670033723, 1101042575, 9780143036432, 9780670033720 |
| Classification: | Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 528, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
In 1540, during the reign of Henry VIII, Shardlake is asked to help a young girl accused of murder. She refuses to speak in her defense even when threatened with torture. But just when the case seems lost, Thomas Cromwell, the king’s feared vicar general, offers Shardlake two more weeks to prove his client’s innocence. In exchange, Shardlake must find a lost cache of "Dark Fire," a legendary weapon of mass destruction. What ensues is a page-turning adventure, filled with period detail and history.
"Atmospheric and engaging" (Margaret George), this second book in Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery series delves again into the dark and superstitious world of Cromwell's England introduced in Dissolution.
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