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Original Title:	Dark Fire
ISBN:	0143036432 (ISBN13: 9780143036432)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Matthew Shardlake #2
Characters:	Matthew Shardlake, Jack Barak, Thomas Howard, Guy Malton, Thomas Cromwell, Richard Riche
Setting:	United Kingdom London, England,1540(United Kingdom)
Literary Awards:	CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award (2005)

Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake #2)

C.J. Sansom

Paperback | Pages: 501 pages

Rating: 4.27 | 20986 Users | 1241 Reviews

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Title	:	Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake #2)
Author	:	C.J. Sansom
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 501 pages
Published	:	December 27th 2005 by Penguin Books (first published November 5th 2004)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Historical Mystery

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        It is 1540, and Henry VIII has been on the throne for thirty-one years when 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 again 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 assignment to find a lost cache of Dark Fire, an ancient weapon of mass destruction. Cromwell, out of favor since Henry's disastrous marriage to Anne of Cleves, is relying on Shardlake's discovery to save his position at court, which is rife with conspiracy

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Ratings: 4.27 From 20986 Users | 1241 Reviews

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Continual suspenseMatthew Shardlake has put the nerve-wracking episode of his investigations at Scarnsea Monastery behind him and is living the relatively quiet life of a London lawyer of the Tudor era. Suddenly, his peace is shattered. He is asked to defend a young lady who is accused of murdering her cousin, but refuses to speak to anyone, even Shardlake. A difficult task, and even more stressful because failing to plea when brought to court in those days resulted in a slow and agonising death

I wasn't that enamoured of this, second Shardlake book. I liked the fact that Sansom took us in a very different direction and allowed us to see Shardlake at home in London rather than in the confined claustrophobic abbey of Scarnsea. Unfortunately I didn't find his London convincing. Perhaps I have been spoiled by Dickens and Sarah Waters so that I was expecting to see, feel and experience the filth and squalor of Tudor England and, in fairness to Sansom, he mentions it... But I didn't feel he

Love the details of the law courts, religious reforms, etc. -- but was put off by the central crime in this one --- but will still move quickly to Book Three.

Pretty reasonable Tudor detective thriller; better than the first in the series in my opinion. Sansom is a historian and lawyer who has obviously combined his two passions. This one is set in the summer of 1540 at the time of the fall of Cromwell. Shardlake, the hero/detective is an honest lawyer (there's an oxymoron if ever there was one!)and is a likeable character. There is none of the mean moodiness and complex personal life here; Shardlake is a 40 year old hunchback who is unmarried. He

Im really starting to warm to Matthew Shardlake. Hes a great character, and a perfect investigator; he is compassionate and clever; he is brave and realistic in his approach to his ginormous tasks. He is really aware of himself and those around him. Hes a hunchback; hes an outcast and a figure for ridicule. But, he doesnt let it get the best of him. Sometimes his rage at the narrow minded injustice he is subjected to is ready to spill over, though he controls it. He uses his scholar like mind to

Step back in time to the 16th century. Follow Matthew Shardlake through the stench of London, the political turmoil, unsolved mysteries, and the "justice and injustice that are not always easy to tell apart."This was my second in the Shardlake series. I will definitely read them all as well as Winter in Madrid. Sansom does an exceptional job with the details of that period. I love getting a strong dose of accurate history while enjoying a compelling mystery.

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