false <![CDATA[Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake #1)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172096995m/138685.jpg 138685 17 Exciting and elegantly written, <I>Dissolution</I> is an utterly compelling first novel and a riveting portrayal of Tudor England. The year is 1537, and the country is divided between those faithful to the Catholic Church and those loyal to the king and the newly established Church of England. When a royal commissioner is brutally murdered in a monastery on the south coast of England, Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's feared vicar general, summons fellow reformer Matthew Shardlake to lead the inquiry. Shardlake and his young protégé uncover evidence of sexual misconduct, embezzlement, and treason, and when two other murders are revealed, they must move quickly to prevent the killer from striking again. 133702 book 2003 Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake #1) total:730|5:164|4:334|3:194|2:37|1:1| 730 2813 1245 151 4 3 false false Mon May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 15:10:51 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 12:02:10 -0700 2008
This is an amazingly well researched historical mystery - set during the protestant reformat...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 02:42:50 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 02:54:14 -0800 2008
I only know this period from history lessons, but reading this book, I could feel what life was like at that time. The weather, the food, the hardships of life. Also the buildings and environm...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 27 06:19:51 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 06:22:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 06:02:30 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 06:13:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 06:32:45 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 06:40:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false true Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 10:59:34 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 01:09:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 06:44:17 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 19:57:46 -0700 2009 Dissolution really falls down for me is that Sansom tries and fails to balance ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed May 28 17:22:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 17:24:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 23 17:37:41 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 29 13:00:12 -0800 2008
I liked that S...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 10:41:11 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 11:05:35 -0800 2009 What he finds there is a pigsty of corruption, fraud, greed, lies and various murders but also honesty an...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 20:53:41 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 20:03:27 -0700 2009
It is well-written, well-researched, altogether believable for the time in which it is set, which is Tudor England at th...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 27 06:02:26 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 13:56:28 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 06:02:26 -0700 2009
I needn't have worried, this is a great read that moves along at a cracking pace.

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les réformistes s'apprêtent à dissoudre tous les anciens monastères catholiques, coupables, selon eux, d'idolâtrie obscurantiste.


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