Dissolution - first US edition

by C. J. Sansom - signed

In the winter of 1537 England is divided into faithful Catholics and those loyal to King Henry VIII and the Church of England. Cromwell crusades against the old religion with aggressive laws, rigged trials, and a vast network of informers. Anne Boleyn has been beheaded, and the monasteries are being dissolved. But when one of Cromwell's commissioners is murdered in the monastery at Scarnsea on the south coast of England, he enlists the help of Matthew Shardlake, a lawyer renowned as 'the sharpest hunchback in the courts of England." A riveting portrait of Tudor England.

Book is black with the title in red on the spine. Signed by the author on a publisher's plate tipped in (adhered) on the half title page. A map of the monastery at Scarnsea illustrates the end papers. Minor bumping of top corners, otherwise fine.

Jacket is price intact at $24.95.