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C. J. Sansom

Tombland (Shardlake)

By C. J. Sansom - Published 2018 Published 2019

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Fans of Sansom’s celebrated Tudor mysteries know that he offers far more than the standard murder mystery. His novels surround the formulaic ...Read Review

Lamentation

By C. J. Sansom - Published 2014 Published 2015

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Mystery/Crime

London, 1546. This sixth entry in the Matthew Shardlake series finds Matthew once again ensnared in Henry VIII’s court: a place teeming with ...Read Review

Dominion

By C. J. Sansom - Published 2013 Published 2014

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Alternate History

With Dominion, acclaimed novelist C.J. Sansom has added yet another field of novel writing to his already impressive repertoire. Having established himself ...Read Review

Heartstone

By C. J. Sansom - Published 2010

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Mystery/Crime

1545, and England is at war with France; the war is going badly wrong for both king and country. A French fleet waits to ...Read Review

Revelation

By C. J. Sansom - Published 2008

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Mystery/Crime

Palm Sunday, 1543: Henry VIII, having only recently beheaded his fifth wife, is wooing a very reluctant Catherine Parr. Sergeant Matthew Shardlake, now a ...Read Review

Winter in Madrid

By C. J. Sansom - Published 2006 Published 2008

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Thriller

A bestseller in the United Kingdom, C.J. Sansom’s thriller is now available in the U.S. Readers may recognize Sansom for ...Read Review

Sovereign

By C. J. Sansom - Published 2006 (UK)Published 2007 (US)

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Mystery/Crime

To overawe the rebellious north, Henry VIII makes a grand Progress to York. Travelling ahead are lawyer Matthew Shardlake and his assistant, Jack ...Read Review

Winter In Madrid

By C. J. Sansom -

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Having no previous knowledge of Sansom’s prior success, both critically and commercially, with crime novels set in Tudor times, it was with ...Read Review

Dissolution

By C. J. Sansom - Published 2003 Published 2003 (US)

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Mystery/Crime

This gripping mystery is set in Tudor England during the winter of 1557, just after a rebellion against the still-new Church of England has ...Read Review