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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.
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.
Shardlake is a four-part television series on Disney+ based on the Shardlake series of historical mystery novels by C. J. Sansom set in the reign of Henry VIII in the ...
Tombland is a historical mystery novel by British author C. J. Sansom.It is the seventh book in the Matthew Shardlake series, following 2014's Lamentation. [1] Set in the summer of 1549, the story deals with the investigation of a murder in Norfolk.
Dissolution has been well received by critics, although there has been some criticism of the language and detail in the writing. [2] " The best crime novel I have read this year" – Colin Dexter; [3] "Remarkable...the sights, the voices, the very smell of this turbulent age seem to rise from the page" – P. D. James; [4] "This is a humdinger of a whodunnit.
Revelation is a historical mystery novel by British author C. J. Sansom.It is Sansom's fifth novel, and the fourth in the Matthew Shardlake Series.Set in 1543 [1] during the reign of King Henry VIII, it follows hunchbacked lawyer Shardlake and his assistant, Jack Barak as they hunt the killer of a fellow lawyer - who turns out to be a religiously fanatic serial killer, insane but highly ...
Not so the novels of CJ Sansom, whose magnificent books set in the reign of Henry VIII bring to life the sounds and smells of Tudor England... Dark Fire is a creation of real brilliance, one of those rare pieces of crime fiction that deserves to be hailed as a novel in its own right" – Sunday Times; [ 4 ]
Heartstone is a historical mystery novel by British author C. J. Sansom. [1] It is Sansom's sixth novel, and the fifth in the Matthew Shardlake Series.Set in the 16th century during the reign of King Henry VIII, the events of the novel take place in the summer of 1545. [2]