Matthew is unlucky when it comes to love, but that does not mean that we can’t help but root for him to find his happily ever after. He fights against notorious enemies while defending his friends and those who cannot defend themselves. He is constantly the butt of everyone’s jokes and for the most part, they don’t bother him. There are sometimes when he is not even sure what he stands for, especially when it comes to his stance on religion and if he supports those in power. He fights for what he believes is right, even when times get tough. As mentioned above, he is a hunch-back lawyer who works hard to solve mostly murder mysteries. Matthew Shardlake is our main protagonist in this series, aptly named after him. I would love to continue to discuss this series with those of you who have read it and have enjoyed it as much as I have.

I want to discuss the different elements of this series that I have comes to enjoy. I might fangirl a bit during this review, but I will try my best not to spoil this series for anyone else. I am so glad no one spoiled this series for me. I do not normally read murder mystery novels, but since it was based in the Tudor dynasty, I decided to give it a shot and I wholeheartedly loved it. We follow the hunch-back lawyer Matthew Shardlake on seven of his more infamous cases, each one more dangerous than the previous one: Dissolution, Dark Fire, Sovereign, Revelation, Heartstone, Lamentation, and Tombland.īefore I jumped into this series, I honestly had never heard of it, except when people mentioned these books in posts that I asked my followers what they are reading. The books are all unique, yet read in the chronological order that Sansom intended, shows the amazing progress of England through the reign of the Tudors and how these changes affected those living during this time. If you have been following my blog or my page, you know that I am talking about the Matthew Shardlake series by C.J. Now, I could be describing any number of historical fiction series, but this one, in particular, blew me away. You feel like the books are true escapism and that you can visualize the world that the author has created using a combination of facts and fictional ideas. You feel like you are friends with the protagonist and his pals and you despise the nefarious villains that try to thwart the efforts of the heroes. Have you ever read a historical fiction series that made you stop and think that the plots of the books could be possible? They make you question the way you look at the past and wonder why no one had ever written a series like it before.

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