<p><b>Now a major Disney+ original series<br><br>'C. J. Sansom’s books are arguably the best Tudor novels going' – <i>The S</i><i>unday Times</i></b><br><br><b><i>Dissolution </i>is the first novel in C. J. Sansom’s phenomenal bestselling Shardlake series, perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel and Phillipa Gregory. After one of Cromwell's commissioners is brutally murdered, Matthew Shardlake is drawn into an investigation that becomes darker than he could have ever imagined . . .</b><br><br><b>England, 1537.</b> It is a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church. The country is waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers it has ever seen. And under the orders of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is sent
