false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172096995m/138683.jpg 138683 16 From the acclaimed author of <I>Dissolution</I> 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 &#147;Dark Fire,&#148; a legendary weapon of mass destruction. What ensues is a page-turning adventure, filled with period detail and history. 4595372 2004 Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake #2) total:488|5:14|4:19|3:11|2:2|1:0| 488 1929 753 69 3 2 false false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 13:27:29 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 11:53:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 08:43:57 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 06:46:27 -0800 2009
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I've just finished reading the last of the first four Shardlake books by C.J.Sansom. I discovered them earlier on in the year and have been working steadily through them until now. They follow the life of a hunchbacked lawyer in the sixteenth century. The first book begins s...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jan 22 20:21:36 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 14 22:15:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 04:15:51 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 03:54:51 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 12 16:53:07 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 04:21:51 -0700 2008
This is the second Matthew Shardlake Mystery. I read the first and enjoyed it very much and I was not at all disappointed with this second installment.

Once again Master Shardlake is in a tight spot. He has bee...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 11:31:54 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 23:07:10 -0700 2009 2 Sovereign because I'd forgotten most of it and wanted to remember how Barak came to be Shardlake's sidekick. This time I was much more interested in Shardlake as a character. Very involving, especially in the portrait the book paints of life under Henry VIII. I do think ...more...]]> 5 0 true false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 13:27:05 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 13:31:51 -0700 2009 about 10 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 21:36:43 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 12:54:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 20 12:54:13 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 12:58:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 17 14:22:43 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 05 19:59:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 22:24:32 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 22:31:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=138683