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Dark Fire: A Shardlake Novel | C. J. Sansom

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Dark Fire: A Shardlake Novel | C. J. Sansom

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Sometimes you need a side trip to the sixteenth century to solve a few murders. Loved being back in this world with Matthew Shardlake. Just realised there is a buddy read of this happening right now so i wont breathe a word more about it! 😂 Enjoy guys

Photo: WW2 tunnels at Fort Stony Batter. NZ never got invaded but it was a possibility so we built some defences like this one.

dabbe

dabbe Feel free to join us if you like! Let me know if you'd like to be added to our list. #ShardlakeSeriesBR 😊 1w

Centique @dabbe sounds like a good idea! Ive just been reading the posts 👍 1w

dabbe @Centique You're on it! Welcome! 🤗 1w

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dabbe

Dark Fire: A Shardlake Novel | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeSeriesBR

Any thoughts on these quotes, Shardlakians?
Link to slides: https://shorturl.at/lHSWQ

Daisey, PurpleyPumpkin, AnneCecilie, Gissy, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

AnneCecilie I have no idea who‘s the guilty one in either of the cases. 3w

dabbe @AnneCecilie I've read it, and I can't remember, so it's like reading it for the first time! 😂 3w

AnneCecilie @dabbe I‘ve read it too, some 10 yrs ago and can‘t remember either. 3w

lil1inblue I have no hunches thus far. Right now, they all seem suspect. 3w

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dabbe

Dark Fire: A Shardlake Novel | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeSeriesBR

Any thoughts on this quote, Shardlakians?
Link to slides: https://shorturl.at/lHSWQ

Daisey, PurpleyPumpkin, AnneCecilie, Gissy, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

LiseWorks Definitely Catherine Howard 3w

AnneCecilie I also had a feeling hi was there with Catherine Howard 3w

dabbe @LiseWorks @AnneCecilie ... that was my vibe, too. Also, who would go on a so-called lovely river cruise with a wife you can't stand or the guy that set you up with her? 😂 3w

lil1inblue Apparently gossiping about royals has been a tradition for centuries! 😂 3w

dabbe @lil1inblue #truth! 3w

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dabbe

Dark Fire: A Shardlake Novel | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeSeriesBR

Any thoughts on this quote, Shardlakians?
Link to slides: https://shorturl.at/lHSWQ

Daisey, PurpleyPumpkin, AnneCecilie, Gissy, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

rwmg Greek Fire was real. Usually thought to be naphtha or petroleum. See

Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World

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LiseWorks Although the recipe was never found. And it was lost. 3w

Karisimo I was wondering the whole time if it was something that we take for granted today, such as petroleum. 3w

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dabbe @rwmg @LiseWorks @Karisimo According to C.J. Sansom, the author: I had heard of the mysterious ancient weapon known as “Greek Fire“ used by the Byzantine armies against the Arabs in the seventh century, the formula for which had been lost but which modern scholars believe was based on petroleum and could even be something like napalm. I thought having the formula appear in one of the monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII would make a good story.“ 3w

lil1inblue Researching this almost sent me down a rabbit hole. How terrifying, especially in that time period! 3w

dabbe @lil1inblue No wonder Henry VIII wants it to fight the French. 3w

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dabbe

Dark Fire: A Shardlake Novel | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeSeriesBR

Any additional thoughts, Shardlakians?
Link to slides: https://shorturl.at/lHSWQ

Daisey, PurpleyPumpkin, AnneCecilie, Gissy, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

LiseWorks Too bad Shardlake needs to work for Cromwell. 3w

AnneCecilie I‘m wondering what Dark Fire actually is. And was it real? 3w

Karisimo The tension between these competing demands on his time/energy really drive the narrative! 3w

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dabbe @AnneCecilie Some good thoughts are posted on Slide 12. 🤩 3w

dabbe @LiseWorks Agree 💯, especially when we know what's going to happen to him. 😱 3w

dabbe @Karisimo 🎯! 🤩 3w

AnneCecilie @dabbe I saw some of them after my post here 3w

lil1inblue @Karisimo Indeed they do. So much tension! 3w

lil1inblue I'm wondering if there's going to be a moral conundrum arising. Should he find it, how will Shardlake feel about putting such a lethal and terrifying weapon in Cromwell's hands? Especially in light of his new views of Reform? 3w

dabbe @lil1inblue Good point. Sharklake hasn't even addressed that fact ... yet. 3w

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dabbe

Dark Fire: A Shardlake Novel | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeSeriesBR

Any thoughts on this quote, Shardlakians?
Link to slides: https://shorturl.at/lHSWQ

Daisey, PurpleyPumpkin, AnneCecilie, Gissy, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

OutsmartYourShelf I have a feeling Ralph was a complete & utter psychopath. 3w

dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf Driving your mom to an early grave can't be good. And Joseph and the sisters explaining how violent Elizabeth would get every time Ralph was around definitely has one wondering, doesn't it? 3w

OutsmartYourShelf @dabbe The missing pets & the goading things he said raised immediate red flags for me. I guess their remains are in the well. 3w

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dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf Excellent deduction, Sherlock! 🤩 3w

LiseWorks I think the family killed pets, and Elizabeth knows. Didn't someone disappear from that household? She is terrified, and something happened to her for her behavior to be like that 3w

AnneCecilie Something is not right in that household, and all the family members have decided to blame the girl that is standing alone. Ralph was definitely not the perfect child they made him out to be, and I have a feeling the girls isn‘t either. Didn‘t it say somewhere that the well smelled? 3w

dabbe @LiseWorks I also think something had to have happened to her personally for her to be so violent. 3w

dabbe @AnneCecilie Oh, yeah. That's what Barack and Shardlake are going to check out. We stopped at an extremely pivotal moment! 😀 3w

AnneCecilie @dabbe I know. It was very hard to stop on the right chapter, but it would have been very easy to spoil something otherwise. 3w

lil1inblue @OutsmartYourShelf Ditto. 3w

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dabbe

Dark Fire: A Shardlake Novel | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeSeriesBR

Any thoughts on these quotes, Shardlakians?
Link to slides: https://shorturl.at/lHSWQ

Daisey, PurpleyPumpkin, AnneCecilie, Gissy, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

LiseWorks She is terrified and traumatized 3w

AnneCecilie Apparently the keeping silent and being pressed is better than speaking her truth. Makes you wonder what she‘s seen and experienced in that house. 3w

dabbe @LiseWorks 🎯!. 3w

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dabbe @AnneCecilie It truly does, doesn't it? To rather get pressed to death? What the heck? 😱 3w

lil1inblue It definitely seems like a trauma response, and I don't think it's the trauma of Ralph's death that caused it. 3w

dabbe @lil1inblue Heck no! 🤩 3w

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dabbe

Dark Fire: A Shardlake Novel | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeSeriesBR

Any additional thoughts, Shardlakians?
Link to slides: https://shorturl.at/lHSWQ

Daisey, PurpleyPumpkin, AnneCecilie, Gissy, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

OutsmartYourShelf Absolutely shocking that the accused was not allowed representation during the trial. The practice of pressing is horrific - also it's a bit macabre to think that this is where we get the English saying of “I must press you for an answer“. 3w

dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf What a softening of a word! And Elizabeth's plight is simply horrendous. What will they find in the well? 3w

LiseWorks I really want to know what's in the well. I can't believe these methods of torture. 3w

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AnneCecilie That shocked me too @OutsmartYourShelf. I‘m also wondering about the well. But something seems off in the family. The girls were too well behaved and the family friend that talked too much during the dinner. Makes you wonder what Ralph really was like and why Elizabeth changed so much after moving in. 3w

dabbe @AnneCecilie @LiseWorks ... makes me excited to read on! 🤩 3w

lil1inblue @annececilie I agree about the family. I have a bad feeling about Ralph and my current hunch is that he hurt Elizabeth in some way and that's why she was so withdrawn. 3w

dabbe @lil1inblue Agree 💯. 3w

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dabbe

Dark Fire: A Shardlake Novel | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeSeriesBR

Any thoughts on these quotes, Shardlakians?
Link to slides: https://shorturl.at/lHSWQ

Daisey, PurpleyPumpkin, AnneCecilie, Gissy, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

Karisimo I thoroughly enjoyed the interaction between these two! 3w

OutsmartYourShelf Don't particularly like him at present, hope his character improves. 3w

Deblovestoread I am enjoying their relationship so far. 3w

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dabbe @Karisimo It's like one of the best bromances ever! First they hate each other, now it's grudging respect. We still have half a book to go! 😀 3w

dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf He's just a wee bit rough around the edges, isn't he? 3w

dabbe @Deblovestoread Things are definitely not boring when these two are together! 🤩 3w

OutsmartYourShelf @dabbe To use one of his favourite words he‘s an arsehole 😂 3w

dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf And he seems to love being that! 😂 3w

LiseWorks I love Barack ❤️ 3w

AnneCecilie Me too @LiseWorks. I‘m not sure if they bring out the best or worst in each other. 3w

dabbe @AnneCecilie @LiseWorks He is a stitch, isn't he? He truly does provide some comic relief and lightens up our dark Shardlake. I love the two of them together. 😀 3w

lil1inblue I can't wait to see how their relationship progresses. I like that Barak challenges Shardlake a bit, and brings him out of his shell, so to speak. @annececilie is spot on. 😂 3w

dabbe @lil1inblue He definitely keeps Shardlake on his toes--while saving his life more than once, too! 😂 3w

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