current reading.

Dissolution

by C. J. Sansom

a murder mystery set in a monastery in the political turmoil of tudor england, specifically, shortly after the death of Henry VIII's third wife, Jane Seymour. as such, it reminds me to some extent of The Name of the Rose, albeit with less semiotics. and you don't need to speak 5 languages to understand it, although a smattering of medieval latin might come in useful. i'm maybe a third of the way into it right now, and i'm enjoying it thoroughly. well, almost. it's a little slow.