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'C. J. Sansom’s books are arguably the best Tudor novels going' – The
Sunday Times
Dissolution is the first novel in C. J. Sansom’s phenomenal bestselling
Shardlake series, perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel and Phillipa
Gregory. After one of Cromwell's commissioners is brutally murdered,
Matthew Shardlake is drawn into an investigation that becomes darker
than he could have ever imagined . . .
England, 1537. It is a time of revolution that sees the greatest
changes in England since 1066. Henry VIII has proclaimed himself
Supreme Head of the Church. The country is waking up to savage new
laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers it has ever
seen. And under the orders of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners
is sent throughout the country to investigate the monasteries. There
can only be one outcome: dissolution.
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
accompanied by equally sinister acts of sacrilege.
Matthew Shardlake, lawyer and long-time supporter of Reform, has been
sent by Cromwell to uncover the truth behind the dark happenings at
Scarnsea. But Shardlake's investigation soon forces him to question
everything that he hears, and everything that he intrinsically believes
. . .
Follow Shardlake into the dark heart of Tudor England with the next
book in the series, Dark Fire.
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Revelation (Paperback)
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Sovereign (Paperback)
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Heartstone (Paperback)
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Tombland (Paperback)
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Dark Fire (Paperback)
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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
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.
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Dominion (Paperback)
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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.
Awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger - the highest honor in British crime
writing From the bestselling author of Winter in Madrid and
Dominion comes the exciting and elegantly written first novel in
the Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery series Dissolution is an
utterly riveting portrayal of Tudor England. The year is 1537, and
the country is divided between those faithful to the Catholic
Church and those loyal to the king and the newly established Church
of England. When a royal commissioner is brutally murdered in a
monastery on the south coast of England, Thomas Cromwell, Henry
VIII's feared vicar general, summons fellow reformer Matthew
Shardlake to lead the inquiry. Shardlake and his young protege
uncover evidence of sexual misconduct, embezzlement, and treason,
and when two other murders are revealed, they must move quickly to
prevent the killer from striking again. A "remarkable debut" (P. D.
James), Dissolution introduces a thrilling historical series that
is not to be missed by fans of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies.
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.
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.
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.
The epic fifth novel in the Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery
series by the bestselling author of "Winter in Madrid" and
"Dominion"
Summer 1545. A massive French armada is threatening England, and
Henry VIII has plunged the country into economic crisis to finance
the war. Meanwhile, an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr has
asked Matthew Shardlake to investigate claims of "monstrous" wrongs
committed against a young ward of the court. As the French fleet
approaches, Shardlake's inquiries reunite him with an old
friend-and an old enemy close to the throne.
This fast-paced fifth installment in C. J. Sansom's "richly
entertaining and reassuringly scholarly series" (Marilyn Stasio,
"The New York Times Book Review") will enchant fans of "Wolf Hall,"
"Bring Up the Bodies," and "The Other Boleyn Girl."
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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