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Dissolution; by C. J. Sansom
Topic Started: Jun 20 2009, 10:12 AM (344 Views)
Cara
A crime novel that takes place during the big Reformation in Britain in the late 1530s

I enjoyed it. It's a historical fiction about the Reformation of Britain but also a good crime novel. One description called it "A humdinger of a whodunnit", which fit well as you have no clear idea of who did what until the very end, or... you have too many who could have done it to know who actually did :P

You are given a fairly stark picture of the corruption and the highly unpredictable life in court and of the various plots and political games going on at the time. There's romance and tragedy and there are fascinating characters, the main character is fictional and a hunchback, but you have authentic persons like T. Cromwell who masterminded the dissolution of monasteries too.

The novel gives a plausible description of everyday life during that time with interesting and twisted(?) little details such as having to keep to one side of the street to avoid the emptying of pisspots from windows, or the fact that people, and monks in particular, viewed regular washing as sinful - bathing 6 times a year was regarded more than enough.

There is another novel 'Dark Fire' set three years after the Dissolution and I definitely want get a hold of that one too, because some of the main characters have gotten under my skin and I want to know more of what happens to Shardlake the hunchback and some of the other surviving characters.
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