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A special 10th anniversary edition of the standalone bestseller,
Winter in Madrid, by the author of the much-loved Shardlake series,
C. J. Sansom. 1940: The Spanish Civil War is over, and Madrid lies
ruined, its people starving, while the Germans continue their
relentless march through Europe. Britain now stands alone while
General Franco considers whether to abandon neutrality and enter
the war. Into this uncertain world comes Harry Brett: a traumatized
veteran of Dunkirk turned reluctant spy for the British Secret
Service. Sent to gain the confidence of old school friend Sandy
Forsyth, now a shady Madrid businessman, Harry finds himself
involved in a dangerous game - and surrounded by memories.
Meanwhile Sandy's girlfriend, ex-Red Cross nurse Barbara Clare, is
engaged in a secret mission of her own - to find her former lover
Bernie Piper, a passionate Communist in the International Brigades,
who vanished on the bloody battlefields of the Jarama. In a vivid
and haunting depiction of wartime Spain, Winter in Madrid by C. J.
Sansom is an intimate and compelling tale which offers a remarkable
sense of history unfolding, and the profound impact of impossible
choices.
At once a vivid, haunting reimagining of 1950s Britain, a gripping,
humane spy thriller and a poignant love story, with Dominion C. J.
Sansom once again asserts himself as the master of the historical
novel. 1952. Twelve years have passed since Churchill lost to the
appeasers and Britain surrendered to Nazi Germany after Dunkirk. As
the long German war against Russia rages on in the east, the
British people find themselves under dark authoritarian rule: the
press, radio and television are controlled; the streets patrolled
by violent auxiliary police and British Jews face ever greater
constraints. There are terrible rumours too about what is happening
in the basement of the German Embassy at Senate House. Defiance,
though, is growing. In Britain, Winston Churchill's Resistance
organization is increasingly a thorn in the government's side. And
in a Birmingham mental hospital an incarcerated scientist, Frank
Muncaster, may hold a secret that could change the balance of the
world struggle for ever. Civil Servant David Fitzgerald, secretly
acting as a spy for the Resistance, is given the mission to rescue
his old friend Frank and get him out of the country. Before long
he, together with a disparate group of Resistance activists, will
find themselves fugitives in the midst of London's Great Smog; as
David's wife Sarah finds herself drawn into a world more terrifying
than she ever could have imagined. And hard on their heels is
Gestapo Sturmbannfuhrer Gunther Hoth, brilliant, implacable hunter
of men . . . 'An absorbing, thoughtful, spy-politico thriller set
in the fog-ridden London of 1952 . . . Part adventure, part
espionage, all encompassed by terrific atmosphere and a well-argued
"it might have been". - The Times
Winner of the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, Dark Fire is the
second thrilling book in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling
Shardlake series, perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa
Gregory. 'When it comes to intriguing Tudor-based narratives,
Hilary Mantel has a serious rival' - Sunday Times 'Sansom has the
trick of writing an enthralling narrative. Like Hilary Mantel, he
produces densely textured historical novels that absorb their
readers in another time' - Andrew Taylor, Spectator England, 1540:
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, brings him
once again into contact with the king's chief minister - and a new
assignment . . . The secret of Greek Fire, the legendary substance
with which the Byzantines destroyed the Arab navies, has been lost
for centuries. Now an official of the Court of Augmentations has
discovered the formula in the library of a dissolved London
monastery. When Shardlake is sent to recover it, he finds the
official and his alchemist brother horribly murdered - the formula
has disappeared. Now Shardlake must follow the trail of Greek Fire
across Tudor London, while trying at the same time to prove his
young client's innocence. But very soon he discovers nothing is as
it seems . . . An internationally bestselling phenomenon, this
gripping historical series continues with Sovereign, Revelation,
Heartstone, Lamentation and Tombland.
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C.J. SANSOM REWRITES HISTORY IN A THRILLING NOVEL THAT DARES TO
IMAGINE BRITAIN UNDER THE THUMB OF NAZI GERMANY.
1952. Twelve years have passed since Churchill lost to the
appeasers and Britain surrendered to Nazi Germany. The global
economy strains against the weight of the long German war against
Russia still raging in the east. The British people find themselves
under increasingly authoritarian rule--the press, radio, and
television tightly controlled, the British Jews facing ever greater
constraints.
But Churchill's Resistance soldiers on. As defiance grows, whispers
circulate of a secret that could forever alter the balance of the
global struggle. The keeper of that secret? Scientist Frank
Muncaster, who languishes in a Birmingham mental hospital. Civil
Servant David Fitzgerald, a spy for the Resistance and University
friend of Frank's, is given the mission to rescue Frank and get him
out of the country. Hard on his heels is Gestapo agent Gunther
Hoth, a brilliant, implacable hunter of men, who soon has Frank and
David's innocent wife, Sarah, directly in his sights.
Perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel's The Mirror and The Light,
Matthew Shardlake is back in the sixth book in the Shardlake
series, from number one bestselling author C. J. Sansom. 'When it
comes to intriguing Tudor-based narratives, Hilary Mantel has a
serious rival' - Sunday Times 'Sansom has the trick of writing an
enthralling narrative. Like Hilary Mantel, he produces densely
textured historical novels that absorb their readers in another
time' - Andrew Taylor, Spectator England, 1546: King Henry VIII is
slowly, painfully dying. His Protestant and Catholic councillors
are engaged in a final and decisive power struggle; whoever wins
will control the government of Henry's successor, eight-year-old
Prince Edward. As heretics are hunted across London, and the
radical Protestant Anne Askew is burned at the stake, the Catholic
party focus their attack on Henry's sixth wife, Matthew Shardlake's
old mentor, Queen Catherine Parr. Shardlake, still haunted by
events aboard the warship Mary Rose the year before, is working on
the Cotterstoke Will case, a savage dispute between rival siblings.
Then, unexpectedly, he is summoned to Whitehall Palace and asked
for help by his old patron, the now beleaguered and desperate
Queen. For Catherine Parr has a secret. She has written a
confessional book, Lamentation of a Sinner, so radically Protestant
that if it came to the King's attention it could bring both her and
her sympathizers crashing down. But, although the book was kept
secret and hidden inside a locked chest in the Queen's private
chamber, it has - inexplicably - vanished. Only one page has been
found, clutched in the hand of a murdered London printer.
Shardlake's investigations take him on a trail that begins among
the backstreet printshops of London but leads him and Jack Barak
into the dark and labyrinthine world of the politics of the royal
court; a world he had sworn never to enter again. Loyalty to the
Queen will drive him into a swirl of intrigue inside Whitehall
Palace, where Catholic enemies and Protestant friends can be
equally dangerous, and the political opportunists, who will follow
the wind wherever it blows, more dangerous than either. The theft
of Queen Catherine's book proves to be connected to the terrible
death of Anne Askew, while his involvement with the Cotterstoke
litigants threatens to bring Shardlake himself to the stake. A
stunning historical series, perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel and
Philippa Gregory, the bestselling Shardlake series begins with
Dissolution, Dark Fire, Sovereign, Revelation and Heartstone.
Continue the gripping historical series with Tombland.
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Tudor England is brought vividly to life in Tombland, the seventh novel
in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series, for fans of
Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory.
*The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller*
Summer, 1549.
Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos
. . .
The nominal king, Edward VI, is eleven years old. His uncle Edward
Seymour, Duke of Somerset, rules as Protector. The extirpation of the
old religion by radical Protestants is stirring discontent among the
populace while the Protector’s prolonged war with Scotland is proving a
disastrous failure and threatens to involve France. Worst of all, the
economy is in collapse, inflation rages and rebellion is stirring among
the peasantry.
Since the old King’s death, Matthew Shardlake has been working as a
lawyer in the service of Henry’s younger daughter, the Lady Elizabeth.
The gruesome murder of Edith Boleyn, the wife of John Boleyn – a
distant Norfolk relation of Elizabeth's mother – which could have
political implications for Elizabeth, brings Shardlake and his
assistant Nicholas Overton to the summer assizes at Norwich. There they
are reunited with Shardlake’s former assistant Jack Barak. The three
find layers of mystery and danger surrounding Edith's death, as a
second murder is committed.
And then East Anglia explodes, as peasant rebellion breaks out across
the country. The yeoman Robert Kett leads a force of thousands in
overthrowing the landlords and establishing a vast camp outside
Norwich. Soon the rebels have taken over the city, England’s second
largest.
Barak throws in his lot with the rebels; Nicholas, opposed to them,
becomes a prisoner in Norwich Castle; while Shardlake has to decide
where his ultimate loyalties lie, as government forces in London
prepare to march north and destroy the rebels. Meanwhile he discovers
that the murder of Edith Boleyn may have connections reaching into both
the heart of the rebel camp and of the Norfolk gentry . . .
Includes an Historical Essay from the author on Reimagining Kett's
Rebellion.
Perfect for fans of HIlary Mantel and Philippa Gregory, C. J.
Sansom's bestselling adventures of Matthew Shardlake continue in
the fourth book, the haunting Revelation. 'When it comes to
intriguing Tudor-based narratives, Hilary Mantel has a serious
rival' - Sunday Times 'Sansom has the trick of writing an
enthralling narrative. Like Hilary Mantel, he produces densely
textured historical novels that absorb their readers in another
time' - Andrew Taylor, Spectator England, 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 Lady Catherine is known to have reformist sympathies.
Matthew Shardlake, meanwhile, is working on the case of a teenage
boy, a religious maniac locked in the Bedlam hospital for the
insane. Should he be released to his parents, when his terrifying
actions could lead to him being burned as a heretic? When an old
friend is horrifically murdered Shardlake promises his widow, for
whom he has long had complicated feelings, to bring the killer to
justice. His search leads him to both Cranmer and Catherine Parr
-and with the dark prophecies of the Book of Revelation. As
London's Bishop Bonner prepares a purge of Protestants, Shardlake,
together with his assistant, Jack Barak, and his friend, Guy
Malton, follows the trail of a series of horrific murders that
shake them to the core, and which are already bringing frenzied
talk of witchcraft and a demonic possession - for what else would
the Tudor mind make of a serial killer . . .? The atmosphere and
tension of the Tudor world is brought to life in this gripping
bestselling historical series, which continues with Revelation,
Heartstone, Lamentation and Tombland.
Tudor England is brought to vivid life in C. J. Sansom's number one
bestselling Shardlake series, for fans of Hilary Mantel and
Philippa Gregory. 'When it comes to intriguing Tudor-based
narratives, Hilary Mantel has a serious rival' - Sunday Times
'Sansom has the trick of writing an enthralling narrative. Like
Hilary Mantel, he produces densely textured historical novels that
absorb their readers in another time' - Andrew Taylor, Spectator
Dissolution is the first in the phenomenal Shardlake series by
bestselling author, C. J. Sansom. England, 1537: Henry VIII has
proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and the country is
waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest
network of informers ever seen. 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
Scarnsea, events have spiralled out of control. Cromwell's
Commissioner Robin Singleton, has been found dead, his head severed
from his body. His horrific murder is accompanied by equally
sinister acts of sacrilege - a black cockerel sacrificed on the
altar, and the disappearance of Scarnsea's Great Relic. Dr Matthew
Shardlake, lawyer and long-time supporter of Reform, has been sent
by Cromwell into this atmosphere of treachery and death. But
Shardlake's investigation soon forces him to question everything he
hears, and everything that he intrinsically believes . . .
Dissolution is the first book in this bestselling phenomenon, where
C. J. Sansom creates both a stunning portrait of Tudor England, and
an unforgettable character in Matthew Shardlake. Follow Shardlake
into the dark heart of Tudor England with the bestselling Dark
Fire, Sovereign, Revelation, Heartstone, Lamentation and Tombland.
Following on from Dissolution and Dark Fire, Sovereign is the third
gripping historical novel in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling
Shardlake series, for fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory.
'When it comes to intriguing Tudor-based narratives, Hilary Mantel
has a serious rival' - Sunday Times 'Sansom has the trick of
writing an enthralling narrative. Like Hilary Mantel, he produces
densely textured historical novels that absorb their readers in
another time' - Andrew Taylor, Spectator Autumn, 1541: King Henry
VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to attend
an extravagant submission of his rebellious subjects in York.
Already in the city are lawyer Matthew Shardlake and his assistant
Jack Barak. As well as assisting with legal work processing
petitions to the King, Shardlake has reluctantly undertaken a
special mission for the Archbishop Cranmer - to ensure the welfare
of an important but dangerous conspirator being returned to London
for interrogation. But the murder of a local glazier involves
Shardlake in deeper mysteries, connected not only to the prisoner
in York Castle but to the royal family itself. And when Shardlake
and Barak stumble upon a cache of secret papers which could
threaten the Tudor throne, a chain of events unfolds that will lead
to Shardlake facing the most terrifying fate of the age . . .
Continue the number one bestselling historical series with
Revelation, Heartstone, Lamentation and Tombland.
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Heartsone is C. J. Sansom's fifth spellbinding mystery in C. J.
Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series, for fans of
Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory. 'When it comes to intriguing
Tudor-based narratives, Hilary Mantel has a serious rival' - Sunday
Times 'Sansom has the trick of writing an enthralling narrative.
Like Hilary Mantel, he produces densely textured historical novels
that absorb their readers in another time' - Andrew Taylor,
Spectator England, 1545: England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion
of France has gone badly wrong, and a massive French fleet is
preparing to sail across the Channel. As the English fleet gathers
at Portsmouth, the country raises the largest militia army it has
ever seen. The King has debased the currency to pay for the war,
and England is in the grip of soaring inflation and economic
crisis. Meanwhile Matthew Shardlake is given an intriguing legal
case by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr. Asked to
investigate claims of "monstrous wrongs" committed against a young
ward of the court, which have already involved one mysterious
death, Shardlake and his assistant Barak journey to Portsmouth.
Once arrived, Shardlake and Barak find themselves in a city
preparing to become a war zone; and Shardlake takes the opportunity
to also investigate the mysterious past of Ellen Fettiplace, a
young woman incarcerated in the Bedlam. The emerging mysteries
around the young ward, and the events that destroyed Ellen's family
nineteen years before, involve Shardlake in reunions both with an
old friend and an old enemy close to the throne. Events will
converge on board one of the King's great warships, primed for
battle in Portsmouth harbour . . . A bestselling phenomenon, the
Shardlake series is perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel's The Mirror
and the Light. Continue the gripping historical series with
Lamentation and Tombland.
Awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger - the highest honor in British crime
writing The third Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery by C. J. Sansom,
the bestselling author of Winter in Madrid and Dominion C. J .
Sansom has garnered a wider audience and increased critical praise
with each new novel published. His first book in the Matthew
Shardlake series, Dissolution, was selected by P. D. James in The
Wall Street Journal as one of her top five all-time favorite books.
Now in Sovereign, Shardlake faces the most terrifying threat in the
age of Tudor England: imprisonment int he Tower of London.
Shardlake and his loyal assistant, Jack Barak, find themselves
embroiled in royal intrigue when a plot against King Henry VIII is
uncovered in York and a dangerous conspirator they've been charged
with transporting to London is connected to the death of a local
glazer.
A thrilling BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation based on CJ
Sansom's bestselling Tudor crime novel. Winter, 1537. Henry VIII
has declared himself Supreme Head of the Church, and instructed his
chief minister Thomas Cromwell to dissolve England's religious
houses and seize their wealth. But Cromwell's plot to bring down
the abbeys has hit a snag - one of the King's Commissioners has
been found brutally murdered in Scarnsea monastery, on the south
coast of Kent. If news of the killing were to get out, the
consequences could be disastrous. Desiring a quick, discreet
result, he sends his trusted lawyer-detective, Matthew Shardlake,
to investigate. However, as Shardlake interviews the prime suspects
and delves deeper into the mysteries of Scarnsea, it soon becomes
clear that the case will not be as simple to solve as he had hoped.
Which of the terrified monks is the murderer? And can Shardlake
catch him before he strikes again? CJ Sansom's 'Shardlake' series
has sold over two million copies, and this atmospheric
dramatisation starring BAFTA-winning actor Jason Watkins (The Lost
Honour of Christopher Jeffries) brings his debut novel to
electrifying life. Fast-paced and suspenseful, it is both an
engrossing murder mystery and a brilliantly realised portrayal of
Tudor England. Duration: 2 hours 30 mins approx.
Awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger - the highest honor in British crime
writing A #1 internationally bestselling novel set in post-Civil
War Spain by the author of Dominion and the Matthew Shardlake Tudor
Mystery series September 1940: the Spanish Civil War is over,
Madrid lies in ruin, while the Germans continue their march through
Europe, and General Franco evades Hitler's request that he lead his
broken country into yet another war. Into this uncertain world
comes a reluctant spy for the British Secret Service, sent to gain
the confidence of Sandy Forsyth, an old school friend turned shady
Madrid businessman. Meanwhile, an ex-Red Cross nurse is engaged in
a secret mission of her own. Through this dangerous game of
intrigue, C. J. Sansom's riveting tale conjures a remarkable sense
of history unfolding and the profound impact of impossible choices.
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