Revelation

I don't read this mystery series primarily for the suspense, the 'who done it' aspect. C.J. Sansom makes the history of Tudor England come alive. Henry VIII, Cromwell, the religious upheaval, and the vivid descriptions of London and its inhabitants are what I love about the series. The twists and tu......more

4.5/5 Estrellas Este autor no es una revelacion, pero el libro es una maravilla. Intriga histórica de 10, cómo nos tiene acostumbrados. Ambientación excepcional en los últimos años del reinado de Enrique VIII, 1543. El rey parece que está dando sus últimos coletazos, a nivel personal cortejando a la q......more

4.5★ “The water under the ice was red, bright red. My heart began thumping painfully. By their short black robes, the two young men standing staring into the fountain were students. . . . ‘There’s – there’s a man in the fountain,’ he said in a trembling voice. The other student pointed at something s......more

Just read that Sansom has been seriously ill for some years…thoughts and prayers. ‘We are all pawns in a political game…’ how true. Oh woe is me. I have now finished the Shardlake series ( yes finishing on a book read out of sequence as usual) and am now bereft. The stories set in the time of Henry VI......more