Matthew Shardlake · Book 2

Dark Fire

Published
5 November 2004
Pages
579
ISBN-13
9781405005449
Type
novel
Cover of Dark Fire

About this book

Dark Fire is the second book in C. J. Sansom's Matthew Shardlake series, published in November 2004 at 579 pages. It follows Dissolution and precedes Sovereign.

Key facts about Dark Fire

Dark Fire is a novel by C. J. Sansom. Readers have had it since 5 November 2004. It runs to 579 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of Dark Fire. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781405005449 to find the main one.

Dark Fire is book 2 of 7 in the Matthew Shardlake series. The series has 7 published books. However, the series starts with Dissolution (2003). Tombland is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 18 October 2018.

That series sits on our historical mystery shelf. Meanwhile, Tombland is the latest published C. J. Sansom book on file, from 18 October 2018.

About C. J. Sansom

C. J. Sansom was a British historical novelist best known for the Shardlake series, following Matthew Shardlake, a hunchbacked lawyer navigating the dangerous politics and religious upheaval of Henry VIII's England, beginning with Dissolution in 2003. See every C. J. Sansom book in order.

Its place in Matthew Shardlake

Dark Fire is book 2 in the Matthew Shardlake series. It follows Dissolution. It is followed by Sovereign. See the full Matthew Shardlake reading order.

C. J. Sansom's Shardlake novels follow Matthew Shardlake, a hunchbacked lawyer in the reign of Henry VIII, who investigates murder and conspiracy against the backdrop of Tudor England's most dangerous decades. Dissolution opens in 1537 with Shardlake sent to investigate a killing at a monastery on the eve of Henry's dissolution of the monasteries, and the series follows him across the following decade through the fall of Thomas Cromwell, the king's later marriages, the Boulogne campaign, and finally, in Tombland…

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