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Dark Fire
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Dark Fire Hardcover - 2005

by Sansom, C. J

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first

It is 1540, and Matthew Shardlake, the lawyer renowned as 'the sharpest hunchback in the courts of England,' is pressed to help a friend's young niece who is charged with murder. Despite threats of torture and death by the rack, the girl is inexplicably silent. Shardlake is about to lose her case when he is suddenly granted a reprieve one that will ensnare him in the dangerous schemes of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's feared vicar-general.

In exchange for two more weeks to investigate the murder, Shardlake accepts Cromwell's dangerous assignment to find a lost cache of 'dark fire,' a legendary weapon of mass destruction. Cromwell, out of favor since Henry's disastrous marriage to Anne of Cleves, is relying on Shardlake to save his position at court, which is rife with treasonous conspiracies.

With its wonderful attention to period detail and its brilliant handling of suspense, Dark Fire is sure to win comparisons with Margaret George's Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles and captivate readers of Philippa Gregory and David Liss.

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New York: Viking, 2005. The second book in the Shardlake series. Signed by author on second ffep.. Signed by Author. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. NF (lt. bump top of spine)/DJ Near Fine. Octavo.
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  • Title Dark Fire
  • Author Sansom, C. J
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Printing
  • Condition Used - NF (lt. bump top of spine)
  • Pages 502
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Viking, New York
  • Date 2005
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 01059355
  • ISBN 9780670033720 / 0670033723
  • Weight 1.63 lbs (0.74 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.44 x 6.34 x 1.57 in (23.98 x 16.10 x 3.99 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004057180
  • 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 kings feared vicar general, offers Shardlake two more weeks to prove his clients 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.

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