DISSOLUTION

Book ID/图书代码： 10480004B08286

English Summary/英文概要： Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and the country is waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers ever seen. Under the order of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is sent through the country to investigate the monasteries. There can only be one outcome: the monasteries are to be dissolved. But on the Sussex coast, at the monastery of Scarnsea, events have spiralled out of control. Cromwell’s Commissioner Robin Singleton, has been found dead, his head severed from his body. His horrific murder is accompanied by equally sinister acts of sacrilege - a black cockerel sacrificed on the alter, and the disappearance of Scarnsea’s Great Relic. Dr Matthew Shardlake, lawyer and long-time supporter of Reform, has been sent by Cromwell into this atmosphere of treachery and death. But Shardlake’s investigation soon forces him to question everything he hears, and everything that he intrinsically believes ...

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《土崩瓦解》的故事是发生在1537，那时是亨利八世执政。当时的(英国国教)代理监督Thomas Cromwell正准备大刀阔斧对英国国教进行改革，想让英国改成新教国家。 整个英国逐渐意识到了新颁布法规的残忍性、越来越多营私舞弊、有失公正的审判以及那个英国有史以来规模最大的告密者联盟。Anne Boleyn女皇被绞死了，可指控的罪名却站不住脚；全国各地 朝臣、地主们窥视着牧师们手里的大片土地。Matthew Shardlake是位律师，他至始至终都是支持改革派的。他是个驼背 ，心理上是有沉重感的，但他并没因此而自暴自弃。Shardlake 开始对改革派所取得的一切表示质疑，他不明白改革派到底想要做出什么成绩来，但这些疑虑他只能隐藏在心理，甚至在某种程度上来说，他都不想让他自己知道这一切。Cromwell把Shardlake召见来，派遣他至位于苏塞克斯海岸旁湿地畔的本尼狄克修道院，去调查Cromwell 另一个部下，Robin Singleton，被人斩首的凶杀案。在此之前，Robin Singleton一直试图用谈判方式重新赢回修道院的行使主权。Shardlake和他的同伴Mark一起来到了修道院，当时气氛十分紧张，客套的外表背后隐藏着 冷漠、鬼鬼祟祟的僧侣们。(VC)

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“This is a compelling read, vividly capturing the atmosphere of constant fear, as religious fervour and political ambition are expressed in cruelty and corruption.”---Sunday Telegraph
“Deeper, stronger and subtler than most novels in this genre. The vigorous, well-drawn characters and their flawed moral intelligence are especially enjoyable, a reminder of much that is lacking in current literary fiction.”---Independent on Sunday
“精彩極了”----P.D. James “《分崩離析》真是部精彩、充滿想像力的傑作，一流的謀殺推理小說，是我這幾十年來讀過的最大氣的歷史長篇小說之一。
”《星期日郵件》 “棒極了，是最精緻的一部歷史小說。----Peter Robinson
“是我讀過最好的一部犯罪小說”---Colin Dexter
’A mix of serious history and its political contect, together with first-rate murder mystery.’ ---The Guardian

About the Author/作者介绍： C.J. Sansom was educated at Birmingham University, where he took a BA and then a PhD in history. After working in a variety of jobs, he decided to retrain as a solicitor and to practice in Sussex, where he still lives.
C.J. Sansom畢業于伯明翰大學、獲取了文學學士和歷史學博士學位。他曾從事過多種職業，最後還是決定作一名律師。

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