C.J. Sansom





C.J. Sansom

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January 01, 1952

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Christopher John "C.J." Sansom is an English writer of crime novels. He was born in 1952 and 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.

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Average rating: 4.09 · 32,888 ratings · 3,303 reviews · 11 distinct works · Similar authors
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 9,630 ratings — published 2003 — 50 editions
Revelation (Matthew Shardla...
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 5,393 ratings — published 2008 — 34 editions
Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlak...
4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 5,276 ratings — published 2004 — 37 editions
Sovereign (Matthew Shardlak...
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 4,684 ratings — published 2006 — 27 editions
Winter in Madrid
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 3,654 ratings — published 2006 — 35 editions
Heartstone (Matthew Shardla...
4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 3,340 ratings — published 2010 — 24 editions
Dominion
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 748 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions
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4.51 of 5 stars 4.51 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
Dominion
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — expected publication 2014
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Dissolution Dark Fire Sovereign Revelation Heartstone
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“In worshipping their nationhood men worship themselves and scorn others, and that is no healthy thing.”
C.J. Sansom, Dissolution

“We of alien looks or words must stick together.”
C.J. Sansom, Revelation

“Like all lawyers, I was delighted by gratitude. It happened so rarely.”
C.J. Sansom, Revelation

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