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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Great book I really enjoyed this book, and have subsequently enjoyed everything else I have read by this author. This book has it all for me, murder, political intrigue, religious zeal, romance and Tudor England. He captures the feel of the time very well, the historical detail is excellent. It comes as no surprise to find he is a historian! I highly recommend this book.
This book is a must!!!!!!
If you have any interest in medieval England, then this book is a must. Sansom interweves fictional and non fictional characters into a fictional and non fictional story line. I'm not going to give a brief explanation of the book's story line, that you can find anywhere on Amazon. Most, if not all of them, highly recommend this book. Just read the book and enjoy!!!!!
Too long by far Don't get me wrong; this is a great read. The atmosphere created by the author really makes you feel as though you're stuck in a Tudor monastery in the middle of a blizzard yourself....and you feel as though you need to continue with the book because of this.
Sadly I feel that it's over long and drawn out. 420 pages could have been trimmed down easily without losing any of the main plot.
One other thing....I found it difficult to follow the plot when all of the main suspects are called Brother... more info
Great Murder Mystery set in tudor times I absolutely loved this book. I was so sad when it finished! The characters come to life effortlessly, and you really do sympathise with Shardlake. He is a lovely character and you're rooting for him all the way through. Although a lot of the book is set inside the monastery, the scenes bring to life how hard life must have been for people and you get sucked into the day to day struggles of the characters. I recommend this to anyone who loves good, gritty, intelligent historic fiction. I am... more info
