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)....

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

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....

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

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

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

Shardlake goes to war....

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

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....

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.

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

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

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

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....

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

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

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

Shardlake returns in this atmospheric BBC Radio 4 full-cast adaptation of the fourth novel in C. J. Sansom's bestselling Tudor crime series....

The fourth novel in the Shardlake series....

The Great Smog. London. A dense, choking fog engulfs the city and beneath it, history is re-written…1952....