![]() The war with Nazi Germany was going very badly, France was under attack and would seek an armistice the following month. In May 1940, the British government was in deep crisis. Dominion is an intense political thriller, which takes as its starting point a Cabinet meeting that actually happened. ![]() ![]() That said, this is not Tudor England and Dominion’s protagonist, David Fitzgerald is not Matthew Shardlake, even if he has certain things in common with him, at least at an emotional level. Those who enjoy Sansom’s claustrophobic depiction of London in the clutches of a terrifying regime will find much to relish in this new novel. This stand-alone work is very different at some levels, but at others, it is not. C J Sansom is already well-known as the author of the Shardlake novels, a series of crime novels set in Tudor London. ![]()
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