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Revelation: A Shardlake Novel 4 | C. J. Sansom

#WinterGames24 #HolidayBookDragons There are a few Readathons going on this weekend. #Adventathon #SnickerDoodleSpiritReadathon #WinterSolticeReadathon. I'll be working on these two books and maybe start another. @StayCurious @BookmarkTavern @Bookwormjillk

BookmarkTavern Yay! 🎉🎉 1d

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Mollyanna

Sovereign | C. J. Sansom

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The third book in the Matthew Shardlake series (#SeriesLove2024) takes us to York to meet a Royal Progress. This is the first time in the series that Henry VIII is a featured in the series, and he does not come across well. I am continuing to enjoy this series and love the Barak‘s development in this book. Looking forward to more as the series continues. #ShardlakeSeriesBR

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TheSpineView Fantastic! 2w

Andrew65 This was my favourite one in the series, possibly because of the inclusion of Henry VIII. Well done 👏👏👏 2w

Mollyanna @TheSpineView @Andrew65 thank you ☺️ 2w

dabbe Loved this one, too! 💙❄️💙 2w

Mollyanna @dabbe This series, so far, is phenomenal. Thank you for finally making me bump up it up to the top of my TBR. 2w

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dabbe

Sovereign. C.J. Sansom (Revised) | C J Sansom

#20in4Readathon
@Andrew65

Managed to finish SOVEREIGN in time for the #ShardlakeSeriesBR discussion on 11/30! 😅 Also started STILL LIFE and TWELVE DAYS and continued THE RETURN OF SH. Overall: 12.5 hours.

Thanks for hosting, Andrew! 🤩

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Andrew65 That‘s brilliant, thanks for playing along and look forward to seeing you for the end of year special #20in4. 👏👏👏📚🙌😍🎄🎅🏼 2w

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LitsyEvents

Revelation. C.J. Sansom | C J Sansom

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The Shardlake Series buddy read is moving on to REVELATION. Any reading for this book in December counts toward #wintergames2024 readathon points if you're participating!

#ShardlakeSeriesBR #Shardlake #ShardlakeBR

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dabbe Thanks for posting! 💙❄️💙 3w

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dabbe

Revelation. C.J. Sansom | C J Sansom

Fabulous discussion this past Saturday, Shardlakians! Onward to REVELATION; see the schedule in the pic above. Any reading for this book in December counts toward #wintergames2024 readathon points if you're participating!
@StayCurious @Liseworks

#ShardlakeSeriesBR #Shardlake #ShardlakeBR
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Librarybelle Yay!! 3w

Mollyanna Looking forward to it! I still have a couple chapters left in Sovereign. Hoping to finish today or tomorrow. 3w

dabbe @Librarybelle 🤩🤗🤩 3w

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lil1inblue Another book, another wife. 😅 Here we go! 3w

dabbe @lil1inblue Enter Catherine Parr! 🤩🤗🤩 3w

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AnneCecilie

Sovereign | C. J. Sansom

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The 3rd in the Shardlake series.

In this, Shardlake is summoned to Cranmer who wants Shardlake to follow along the King‘s travel to York in his capacity as a barrister. And by the way can he make sure that a rebel is kept alive until they reach London and The Tower?

And before Shardlake knows, he‘s entangled in so much more.

#ShardlakeBR

dabbe

AnneCecilie I have read the entire series before, and there‘s two scenes that have stuck with me. The first is when Shardlake meets the King. I actually thought it happened much later on in this book. The second scene is the torture scene in The Tower. The thing is that I thought they happened in different books and was a little shocked to find out they happened in the same book. 3w

dabbe @AnneCecilie Lots of brutality in this one. What a horrific period in which to live--yet I'm fascinated with it! 🤩 3w

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dabbe

Sovereign. C.J. Sansom (Revised) | C J Sansom

#ShardlakeSeriesBR #ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

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LiseWorks I liked this one. I'm seeing the king in a whole new light. 3w

Librarybelle I‘m so behind! Can we make an eighth day of the week for just reading??? 😂 3w

PurpleyPumpkin Ditto what @Librarybelle said! But I‘m enjoying the series and still maintain hope at catching up. We‘ll get there Jess!😅 3w

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Librarybelle Yes we will, @PurpleyPumpkin ! 3w

dabbe No worries @PurpleyPumpkin and @Librarybelle. Read when you can! I'm glad you're liking the series! 🤩🤗🤩 3w

dabbe @LiseWorks He was terrifying and disgusting all at the same time. I think what made him even more repulsive (besides the oozing leg 🤢) was his high-pitched voice. 😱 3w

lil1inblue I liked the complexity of this one. There were so many threads to to follow. While it felt darker than the first two books, it was a riveting read. I was also intrigued by the Cecily Neville bit and how it was woven into the story. 3w

dabbe @lil1inblue I need to find a really good book on the Lancasters vs. the Yorks. It's so confusing! 😂 3w

kwmg40 I really liked this one. I thought that the setting during the Progress was an interesting one and the characters continue to develop in interesting ways. 3w

Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes This is a great continuation of the series. The cast of characters can be a bit overwhelming at times. I also like the complexity of multiple storylines. I also find I‘m always looking things up as I read. What also strikes me is the brutality of the time. The Tower. Burnings. 3w

dabbe @Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes So much brutality, especially with the animals! And seeing Shardlake in the Tower! 😱 3w

AnneCecilie Another winner. We get to know Shardlake and Barak more, and I love getting to know characters better and better as a series continue. Also learning more about the Tudor time. 3w

dabbe @AnneCecilie Yay! 💙❄️💙 3w

lil1inblue @dabbe Right! If you find one, let me know! 3w

Deblovestoread This one had a lot going on but it kept me interested. I'm always fascinated to learn more about this period and think Samson does a good job of describing time and place and gives fleshed out characters 3w

dabbe @Deblovestoread Even though the brutality was beyond horrific in this one, WOW! does he write it like it was. I used to want to live in those times so I could wear those long pretty dresses (because I'd be of nobility, of course). I should have had to walk around with the word “NAIVE“ on my forehead until at least my 20s. 😂 3w

Deblovestoread @dabbe Same! I think my first introduction to the time period seemed all glamorous, further reading made me come to my senses. 3w

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dabbe

Sovereign. C.J. Sansom (Revised) | C J Sansom

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1. An all-day cold and gentle rain. Matt and I are in the den with the windows open (of course zero rain would come inside). A warm fire would be blazing while we cozily sit on our wrap-around couch with our two GSD's, Kate & Pip on the couch with us. We'd be drinking hot-buttered rum and would be snuggled under fuzzy blankets. #sigh
2. I'm looking forward to finishing SOVEREIGN with the #ShardlakeSeriesBR.
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Sovereign. C.J. Sansom (Revised) | C J Sansom

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LiseWorks I feel for Roderick, I don't like the way prisoners are treated. The gaelor I hate. He is cruel and reluctant to listen to Shardlake. I like the older lawer and feel for him as he knows he is dying. I'm not sure about the young girl Barack is involved with. 2mo

Mollyanna I like Wrenne, but I feel he‘s hiding more than his illness. I hope I‘m wrong. Tamasin is an interesting character, and a different perspective. Maleverer and Radwinter are bullies 😛 2mo

OutsmartYourShelf I wondered if Radwinter was based on John Sage, notorious torturer who worked for Edward I. All round nasty piece of work by all accounts.

Malevever - is that a clue? Mal- meaning evil or bad. Probably overthinking it.

Tamasin - you know if you had a line up of the love interests in these books I'm not sure I'd be able to differentiate between any of them. All very samey in character. 2mo

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dabbe @LiseWorks Agree 💯. I also wonder if Broderick might be poisoning himself somehow because he knows what's going to happen to him if he makes it to London. And to be in a cell where you look out the window and see your best friend's bones hanging there. How horrific was this society! 2mo

dabbe @Mollyanna I like Wrenne, too. I wonder if there's more in that library of his. And it's a necessary plot point (I think) to have Tamasin inside the queen's quarters. I bet we're going to get more of her insider views in the 2nd half of the book. 2mo

dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf I have no idea re: Page--interesting idea! Love your thought of “mal“ meaning evil. I'll add to that: his name ends in “ever“ as in evil forever maybe?

So far, the Tamasin-Barak love interest is similar to the one in DISSOLUTION. We'll have to see if that changes in the 2nd half. 🤩 2mo

kwmg40 I liked most of these fictional characters, and Sansom is good at making each of them a little bit mysterious, hinting at some interesting backstory that may be revealed as the novel progresses. 2mo

AnneCecilie I have the same feeling about Wrenne @Mollyanna I never thought about that regarding Malevever‘s name @OutsmartYourShelf but it makes 2mo

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Sovereign. C.J. Sansom (Revised) | C J Sansom

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LiseWorks I always felt sorry for Henry as he really wasn't raised to be the king. I think his injury really changed his personality as medical Doctors of the time failed him. He was also surrounded by ambitious men who influenced him. 2mo

Mollyanna I find Lady Rocheford intriguing, especially wondering what her true motivations were in the Boleyn affair and after. Was she really against her husband or simply trying to survive as a woman in tumultuous times? 2mo

Karisimo Sansom definitely portrayed King Henry completely unlikeable, especially for how he treated his wives as disposable. Could he have had some redeeming quality in real life? It's hard to imagine. 2mo

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OutsmartYourShelf Henry VIII - really dislikeable in this book & I have a feeling that it may have been close to the truth.

Catherine Howard - felt sorry for her in that she didn't have much of a choice once Henry decided to marry her. Very foolish for keeping Culpepper & Dereham around her.

Lady Rochford - absolute snake in that she gave evidence about Anne Boleyn's supposed dalliances & yet facilitated Catherine Howard's. 2mo

kwmg40 Most of the real-life characters are shown to be far from admirable, and I suspect the portrayals are truer than ones I've seen of them in other historical fiction about the Tudor period. 2mo

lil1inblue @kwmg40 I agree! There was so much treachery and violence during this period, I cannot imagine that they were warm and fuzzy people. While the era intrigues me, I've never liked Henry VIII. He always seemed like the epitome of the patriarchy to me. 2mo

dabbe @kwmg40 🎯!!! 2mo

dabbe @lil1inblue And quite a few heads were lopped off during his reign. Yikes! 😱 2mo

AnneCecilie To get to the top and to stay at the top, it‘s seems that you had to be ruthless and protect yourself. 2mo

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