C J Sansom
C. J. Sansom was educated at Birmingham University, where he took a BA and then a Ph.D. in history. After working in a variety of jobs, he retrained as a solicitor and practised in Sussex, until becoming a full-time writer. He lives in Sussex.
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Revelation
C J Sansom
Revelation is the next instalment in the marvellous Matthew Shardlake series. This time Shardlake is hunting a serial killer who seems to be inspired by The Book of Revelation. Sansom manages to intertwine all the nail biting suspense and gripping...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2009
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Winter in Madrid
C J Sansom
I am the most enormous fan of this author’s Tudor mysteries which doesn’t mean to say I didn’t thoroughly enjoy this, I was just a little surprised it was written by the same man. It is not a page-turner but...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/10/2006
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Sovereign
C J Sansom
The third book in the brilliant Shardlake historical crime series. Lawyer Matthew Shardlake is caught up in the mysterious murder of a local glazier, an event which turns out to be linked to work he is undertaking for the King....
Format: Hardback - Released: 18/08/2006
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Dark Fire
C J Sansom
The second in a superior, beautifully written Tudor crime series steeped in historical detail and atmosphere. It began with Dissolution where our quiet lawyer Shardlake is drawn into an assignment for Thomas Cromwell and continues now with another. Classy and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/06/2005
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Books by C J Sansom
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Revelation
C J Sansom
Spring, 1543. King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife. But this time the object of his affections is resisting. Archbishop Cranmer and the embattled Protestant faction at court are watching keenly, for...
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/04/2008
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Revelation
C J Sansom
King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his wife. Matthew Shardlake, meanwhile, is working on the case of a teenage boy who has been placed in the Bedlam insane asylum. When an old friend is...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2009
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Revelation
C J Sansom
Spring 1543. As London's Bishop Bonner prepares a purge of Protestants Matthew Shardlake, together with his assistant, Jack Barak, and his friend, Guy Malton, investigate a series of horrific murders which are already bringing frenzied talk of witchcraft and demonic...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/10/2008
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Dissolution
C J Sansom
Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and the country is waking up to savage new laws. Under the order of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is sent through the country to investigate the monasteries. But...
Format: Paperback - Released: 18/05/2007
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Dark Fire
C J Sansom
Matthew Shardlake, believing himself out of favour with Thomas Cromwell, is busy trying to maintain his legal practice and keep a low profile. But his involvement with a murder case, defending a girl accused of brutally murdering her young cousin,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 18/05/2007
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Sovereign
C J Sansom
It is autumn, 1541. Following the uncovering of a plot against his throne in Yorkshire, King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to overawe his rebellious subjects there. Accompanied by a thousand soldiers, and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 16/03/2007
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Winter In Madrid
C J Sansom
1940: The Spanish Civil War is over, and Madrid lies ruined. Into this uncertain world comes Harry Brett: a traumatised veteran of Dunkirk turned reluctant spy for the British Secret Service. In a depiction of wartime Spain, this work is...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/10/2006
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Revelation
C J Sansom
In spring, 1543 King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife. But this time the object of his affections is resisting. Archbishop Cranmer and the embattled Protestant faction at court are watching keenly,...
Format: Cd-audio - Released: 04/04/2008
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Dark Fire
C J Sansom
It is 1540, and the hottest summer of the 16th century. Matthew Shardlake, believing himself out of favour with Thomas Cromwell, is busy trying to maintain his legal practice. But his involvement with a murder case, defending a girl accused...
Format: Cd-audio - Released: 07/09/2007
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Dissolution
C J Sansom
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...
Format: Cd-audio - Released: 03/08/2007
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Winter In Madrid
C J Sansom
It is in 1940 and the Spanish Civil War is over. Madrid lies ruined, its people are starving, while the Germans continue their march through Europe. Into this uncertain world comes Harry Brett, who is a veteran of Dunkirk and...
Format: Cd-audio - Released: 16/03/2007
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