C.J. Sansom

A Matthew Shardlake Mystery

1 - Dissolution (May-2003)
2 - Dark Fire (Jan-2005)
3 - Sovereign (Apr-2007)
4 - Revelation (Feb-2008)
5 - Heartstone (May-2010)
6 - Lamentation (Feb-2015)
7 - Tombland (Apr-2019)

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  Dissolution
  

  • May-2003
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  A Matthew Shardlake Mystery - 1
  

  MEET MATTHEW SHARDLAKE, ESQ."THE SHARPEST HUNCHBACK IN THE COURTS OF ENGLAND" The year is 1537 and England is divided between those faithful to the Catholic Church and those loyal to the king and the newly established Church of England. When a roy...

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  Dark Fire
  

  • Jan-2005
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  A Matthew Shardlake Mystery - 2
  

  In 1540 Henry VIII has been on the throne for thirty-one years. Lawyer Matthew Shardlake has been called upon to help a young girl accused of murder who refuses to speak in her own defense even when threatened with torture. On the verge of losing his...

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  Sovereign
  

  • Apr-2007
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  A Matthew Shardlake Mystery - 3
  

  Autumn 1541. A plot against the throne has been uncovered, and Henry VIII has set off on a spectacular progress from London to York, along with a thousand soldiers, the cream of the nobility, and his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, to quell his rebelli...

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  Winter in Madrid
  

  • Feb-2008
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  Harry felt panic beginning to stir. The thought of going back to Spain both excited and appalled him .. 1940: after the Spanish Civil War, Madrid lies ruined, its people starving, as Germany continues its relentless march through Europe. Britain now...

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  Revelation
  

  • Feb-2008
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  A Matthew Shardlake Mystery - 4
  

  The fourth novel in the Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery series -- the inspiration for the Hulu original series Shardlake!In 1543, while Tudor England is abuzz with King Henry VIII's wooing of Lady Catherine Parr, Matthew Shardlake is working to defen...

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  Heartstone
  

  • May-2010
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  A Matthew Shardlake Mystery - 5
  

  The clever plotting and brilliantly evoked world of Heartstone-the fifth Matthew Shardlake mystery from bestselling author C. J. Sansom-will dazzle both mystery fans and Tudor history buffs. Summer 1545. A massive French armada is threatening Engl...

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  Dominion
  

  • Feb-2014
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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 press, radio, and te...

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  Lamentation
  

  • Feb-2015
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  A Matthew Shardlake Mystery - 6
  

  As Henry VIII lies on his deathbed, an incendiary manuscript threatens to tear his court apart. Summer, 1546. King Henry VIII is slowly, painfully dying. His Protestant and Catholic councilors are engaged in a final and decisive power struggle; wh...

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  Shardlake
  

  • Dec-2016
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  A gripping BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation based on the second novel in C. J. Sansom's bestselling Tudor crime series.   Summer, 1540. It has been three years since the terrible events at Scarnsea monastery, and lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlak...

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  Tombland
  

  • Apr-2019
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  A Matthew Shardlake Mystery - 7
  

  One of the great overlooked historical detective series continues with this mystery for fans of Hilary Mantel, set in a time of great political upheaval in Tudor-era England. Spring, 1549. Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is slidin...

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