Sovereign

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"Sovereign" is a historical crime novel by C.J. Sansom featuring the hunchbacked lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake, set amid political intrigue in Tudor England.

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Sovereign canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical crime novel
novel
author C.J. Sansom
surface form: C. J. Sansom
citySetting London, England
surface form: London

York
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
countrySetting England
featuresInvestigationOf murder
treason
followedBy Revelation
follows Dark Fire
genre crime fiction
historical fiction
mystery novel
hasFictionalDetective Matthew Shardlake
hasFormat audiobook
e-book
hardcover
paperback
hasSidekick Jack Barak
historicalContext Henry VIII of England
surface form: reign of Henry VIII
historicalFigureFeatured Catherine Howard
Henry VIII of England
surface form: Henry VIII

Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cromwell
literaryPeriod 21st-century British literature
literarySettingType court politics
legal investigation
mainCharacter Jack Barak
Matthew Shardlake
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person narrative
narrativeTone dark
political
originalLanguage English
partOf Shardlake series
surface form: Shardlake novels
protagonistOccupation lawyer
protagonistPhysicalTrait hunchbacked
protagonistRole detective
publisher Macmillan Publishers
surface form: Macmillan
series Shardlake series
surface form: Matthew Shardlake series
setInYear 1541
settingPeriod Tudor England
theme justice and law
political intrigue
religious conflict
royal succession

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C.J. Sansom notableWork Sovereign
Shardlake series hasPart Sovereign
Matthew Shardlake appearsIn Sovereign