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Christopher John Sansom (9 December 1952 – 27 April 2024) was a British writer of historical crime novels, best known for his Matthew Shardlake series. He also wrote the spy novel Winter in Madrid and the alternate history novel Dominion.
Author’s agent said it was an ‘extraordinarily strange coincidence’ that writer died days before release of new Disney+ series ‘Shardlake’ CJ Sansom death: Author who created Matthew ...
The series' protagonist is the hunchbacked lawyer Matthew Shardlake, who is assisted in his adventures by Mark Poer and then Jack Barak.. Shardlake works on commission, initially from Thomas Cromwell in Dissolution [2] and Dark Fire, [3] then archbishop Thomas Cranmer in Sovereign and Revelation, [4] queen Catherine Parr in Heartstone and Lamentation, and lately princess Elizabeth in Tombland.
Dominion is a 2012 alternate history novel by British author C. J. Sansom.It is a political thriller set in the early 1950s against the backdrop of a Britain that has become a satellite state of Nazi Germany. [1]
Sovereign, published in 2006, is a historical mystery novel by British author C. J. Sansom.It is Sansom's fourth novel and the third in the Matthew Shardlake Series.Set in the 16th century during the reign of King Henry VIII, it follows hunchbacked lawyer Matthew Shardlake and his assistant, Jack Barak, as they investigate a series of murders and a plot to question the legitimacy of the line ...
Dissolution (2003) is a historical mystery novel by British author C. J. Sansom. It is Sansom's first published novel, and the first in the Matthew Shardlake Series. It was dramatised by BBC Radio 4 in 2012. [1] A television series, Shardlake, starring Arthur Hughes in the title role, was released on Disney+ in 2024. Its first season is based ...
Winter in Madrid is a spy novel written by C. J. Sansom. The setting is the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in 1940. The main character is a wounded veteran, Harry Brett. He received his wounds during the Dunkirk withdrawal. The book is purposely set in Madrid, where Francisco Franco resided. [1]
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