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 ⓘ
linked to: C.J. Sansom
citySetting London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

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 reign of Henry VIII ⓘ
historicalFigureFeatured Catherine Howard ⓘ
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 novels ⓘ
linked to: Shardlake series
protagonistOccupation lawyer ⓘ
protagonistPhysicalTrait hunchbacked ⓘ
protagonistRole detective ⓘ
publisher Macmillan ⓘ
series Matthew Shardlake series ⓘ
linked to: Shardlake series
setInYear 1541 ⓘ
settingPeriod Tudor England ⓘ
theme justice and law ⓘ
political intrigue ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ
royal succession ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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