Dark Fire: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery Paperback - 2005
by Sansom, C. J
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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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- Title Dark Fire: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery
- Author Sansom, C. J
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Acceptable
- Pages 528
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2005
- Features Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0143036432I5N00
- ISBN 9780143036432 / 0143036432
- Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
- Dimensions 7.84 x 5 x 0.89 in (19.91 x 12.70 x 2.26 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 16th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Legal stories
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
From the acclaimed author of Dissolution comes a new sixteenth-century thriller featuring hunchback lawyer Matthew Shardlake. 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.