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C.J. Sansom


Born
in Edinburgh, Scotland, The United Kingdom
December 09, 1952

Died
April 27, 2024

Website

Genre
Historical Fiction, Mystery, Thriller


Christopher John "C.J." Sansom was an English writer of crime novels.

Sansom was educated at the University of Birmingham, where he took a BA and then a PhD in history. After working in a variety of jobs, he decided to retrain as a solicitor. He practised for a while in Sussex as a lawyer for the disadvantaged, before quitting in order to work full-time as a writer.

He came to prominence with his series set in the reign of Henry VIII in the 16th century, whose main character is the hunchbacked lawyer Matthew Shardlake. Shardlake works on commission, initially from Thomas Cromwell in Dissolution and Dark Fire and then Thomas Cranmer in Sovereign and Revelation.

He has also written Winter in Madrid, a thriller set in Spain in 1940 in the afterm ...more

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Average rating: 4.21 · 253,104 ratings · 17,769 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors
Dissolution (Matthew Shardl...
4.06 avg rating — 62,710 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
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Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlak...
4.30 avg rating — 33,384 ratings — published 2004 — 88 editions
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Sovereign (Matthew Shardlak...
4.26 avg rating — 33,523 ratings — published 2006 — 76 editions
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Revelation (Matthew Shardla...
4.37 avg rating — 27,956 ratings — published 2008 — 72 editions
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Heartstone (Matthew Shardla...
4.36 avg rating — 23,328 ratings — published 2010 — 33 editions
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Lamentation (Matthew Shardl...
4.43 avg rating — 20,141 ratings — published 2014 — 24 editions
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Winter in Madrid
3.88 avg rating — 19,666 ratings — published 2006 — 87 editions
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Tombland (Matthew Shardlake...
4.40 avg rating — 16,580 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions
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Dominion
3.87 avg rating — 14,423 ratings — published 2012 — 46 editions
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Series by C.J. Sansom

Dissolution Dark Fire Sovereign Revelation Heartstone Lamentation Tombland
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“In worshipping their nationhood men worship themselves and scorn others, and that is no healthy thing.”
― C.J. Sansom, Dissolution
tags: nationalism, xenophobia
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“We of alien looks or words must stick together.”
― C.J. Sansom, Revelation
tags: community, exclusion, foreigners, immigrants, outsiders, society, xenophobia
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“Have you ever thought what a God would be like who actually ordained and executed the cruelty that is in [the biblical Book of Revelation]? A holocaust of mankind. Yet so many of these Bible-men accept the idea without a second thought.”
― C.J. Sansom, Revelation
tags: apocalypse, armageddon, book-of-revelation, cruelty, destruction, fundamentalism, holocaust, mania, orthodoxy, radicalism, religion
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The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome 1) by Colleen McCullough Colleen McCullough Colleen McCullough

THE FIRST MAN IN ROME BY COLLEEN MCCULLOUGH
 
  7 votes, 20.6%

The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber Michel Faber Michel Faber

THE CRIMSON PETAL AND THE WHITE BY MICHEL FABER
 
  5 votes, 14.7%

Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1) by Jacqueline Winspear Jacqueline Winspear Jacqueline Winspear

MAISIE DOBBS BY JACQUELINE WINSPEAR
 
  4 votes, 11.8%

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Susanna Clarke Susanna Clarke

JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR. NORRELL BY SUSANNA CLARK
 
  3 votes, 8.8%

Roma The Novel of Ancient Rome by Steven Saylor Steven Saylor Steven Saylor

ROMA: THE NOVEL OF ANCIENT ROME BY STEVEN SAYLOR
 
  3 votes, 8.8%

The Hornet's Nest by Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter

THE HORNET'S NEST BY JIMMY CARTER
 
  2 votes, 5.9%

Freedom A Novel of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War by William Safire William Safire William Safire

FREEDOM: A NOVEL OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN BY WILLIAM SAFIRE
 
  2 votes, 5.9%

A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss David Liss David Liss

A CONSPIRACY OF PAPER BY DAVID LISS
 
  2 votes, 5.9%

I, Claudius by Robert Graves Robert Graves Robert Graves

I. CLAUDIUS BY ROBERT GRAVES
 
  2 votes, 5.9%

Drums Along the Mohawk (New York Classics) by Walter D. Edmonds Walter D. Edmonds

DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK BY WALTER D. EDMONDS
 
  2 votes, 5.9%

I, Elizabeth A Novel by Rosalind Miles Rosalind Miles Rosalind Miles

I. ELIZABETH: A NOVEL BY ROSALIND MILES
 
  1 vote, 2.9%

[image error] A.S. Byatt A.S. Byatt

POSSESSION: A ROMANCE BY A. S. BYATT
 
  1 vote, 2.9%

Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake #1) by C.J. Sansom C.J. Sansom C.J. Sansom

DISSOLUTION BY C.J SANSOM
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

[image error] Gaynor Arnold

GIRL IN A BLUE DRESS BY GAYNOR ARNOLD
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

The Course of Honor by Lindsey Davis Lindsey Davis

THE COURSE OF HONOR BY LINDSEY DAVIS
 
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