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| Author: C.j. Sansom
Publisher: Pan Books
Category: Book
List Price: £7.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  74 reviews
Sales Rank: 263
Media: Paperback
Pages: 463
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 4.9 x 1.4
ISBN: 0330450794
EAN: 9780330450799
ASIN: 0330450794
Publication Date: May 18, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 A BREATH OF FRESH AIR! November 5, 2008
I have tried in the past to read historical novels but found them to be, at best difficult to follow, and at worst plain dull. C J Sansom is a breath of fresh air. Dissolution engaged my attention from the first page and I was gripped until I had reached the end of the book. His use of the English language makes the novel a joy to read. His vivid description of the Tudor era allows one to live and breathe that turbulent period. And the story, with its clever twists and turns, kept me hooked right to the very end. In future I will put aside my prejudices against certain genres of fiction because I may deny myself such wonderful creations by writers like C J Sansom. I am looking forward to reading other works by this gifted author over the coming months. Highly recommended.
An updated Name of the Rose type murder mystery! October 21, 2008
Dissolution is a fine historical novel.
Sansom has certainly done his homework. You really feel like you are living the Reformation period.
It reminded me of Umberto Eco's "Name of the Rose" - but is a lot more readable! It's set within a monastery where murders are taking place and it has the prospect of being closed hanging over it. There is a teeny-tiny bit of love(lust?) interest in it also.
A thoroughly enjoyable walk through history!
A new super/antihero October 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An unlikely superhero, admittedly, but Matthew Shardlake is a brilliant construction, and this book is not to be missed. Neither is the second. In fact I can't bring myself to read the (probably) final one, because I'm saving it for a week when I can concentrate solely on it! Yes, it's a bit predictable, and the sidekick can be a tad irritating, but it's just a story...not an historical treatise. Enjoy it, that's all. Please let someone make the movie...it'll be a brave man who takes the lead role, but a sure-fire Oscar!
 Great story and characters! A must for lovers of history September 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this off Amazon after my Sister raved about it. I am interested in the Dissolution of the Monasteries anyway so I thought I would give it a try.
To begin with, it is hard to keep up with the many different characters, but it doesn't take long for it all to come together, and it works really well.
Set in a monastery during the Dissolution, with Shardlake, a hunchback lawyer is sent to investigate a Murder, and also to persuade the Monastery to dissolve voluntarily. Shardlake finds himself in the middle of sin and murder!
I really enjoyed this book, and have bought the rest of the series!
Gripping September 7, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
What a corker of a book ! gripping storyline and one of those rare books where you wish to get to the end for the result but dont want it to end.
I now understand the word "unputdownable" As well as a whodunnit ,it also stimulated me to research more into the structure and function of monastaries and also the politics of Early Tudor times and the reformation.
Should be on a school curriculum for reading to stimulate an interest in our past history
The sequel "DarkFire" is also compelling , so now I'm about to get my teeth ino "Sovereign"
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