C. J. Sansom

This riveting debut set in 1534 England secured C. J. Sansom’s place “among the most distinguished of modern historical novelists” (P. D. James)....

At the behest of a former servant to Catherine Parr, Shardlake travels to Portsmouth to investigate claims of unspeakable crimes committed upon a young ward of the court....

C.J. Sansom's Matthew Shardlake mysteries whisk listeners back in time to the tumultuous court of King Henry VIII....

Reluctantly, Harry Brett looks for an old schoolmate who's become a person of interest for British intelligence....

At the monastery of Scarnsea, events have spiralled out of control. Thomas Cromwell's commissioner, Robin Singleton, has been found dead, his head severed from his body....

1952. Twelve years have passed since Churchill lost to the appeasers and Britain surrendered to Nazi Germany....

The third novel in the compelling Shardlake series....

The second Shardlake novel in C. J. Sansom's remarkable historical crime series....

The nominal king, Edward VI, is 11 years old. His uncle, Edward Seymour, Lord Hertford, rules as Edward's regent and Protector. In the kingdom, radical Protestants are driving the old religion into extinction, while the Protector's prolonged war with Scotland has led to hyperinflation....

Dark Fire revisits acclaimed master of historical fiction C. J. Sansom's colorful and rapier-witted lawyer, Matthew Shardlake....

Summer, 1546. King Henry VIII is slowly, painfully dying. His Protestant and Catholic councilors are engaged in a final and decisive power struggle....

Barrister Matthew Shardlake is faced with the most terrifying threat in the age of Tudor England....

Shardlake goes to war....

Dissolution: the first book in the bestselling Shardlake series....

It is 1540 and the hottest summer of the 16th century. Matthew Shardlake, believing himself out of favour with Thomas Cromwell, is busy trying to maintain his legal practice and keep a low profile....

Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos....

The haunting stand-alone novel from the best-selling author of the Shardlake series, C. J. Sansom....

The fourth novel in the Shardlake series....

A thrilling BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation based on CJ Sansom's best-selling Tudor crime novel...

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.