C.J. Sansom

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in The United Kingdom

January 01, 1952

gender

male

website

http://cjsansombooks.com/

genre

Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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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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C.J. Sansom's Books

Average rating: 4.09 · 32,888 ratings · 3,303 reviews · 11 distinct works · Similar authors

	Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1) 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 9,630 ratings — published 2003 — 50 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revelation (Matthew Shardlake, #4) 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 5,393 ratings — published 2008 — 34 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake, #2) 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 5,276 ratings — published 2004 — 37 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake, #3) 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 4,684 ratings — published 2006 — 27 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winter in Madrid 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 3,654 ratings — published 2006 — 35 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heartstone (Matthew Shardlake, #5) 4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 3,340 ratings — published 2010 — 24 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dominion 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 748 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The C J Sansom CD Box Set: "Dissolution," "Dark Fire," "Sovereign," "Revelation" by C.J. Sansom, Anton Lesser (Narrator) 4.51 of 5 stars 4.51 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dominion 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — expected publication 2014	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reader's Digest Select Editions - Dark Fire, Black Wind, Gweilo, The Blood-Dimmed Tide by C.J. Sansom, Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Matthew Shardlake (5 books)
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Quotes by C.J. Sansom

“In worshipping their nationhood men worship themselves and scorn others, and that is no healthy thing.”
― C.J. Sansom, Dissolution

tags: nationalism, xenophobia

14 people liked it

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

tags: community, exclusion, foreigners, immigrants, outsiders, society, xenophobia

13 people liked it

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

tags: attorneys, gratitude, lawyers, thanks

8 people liked it

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Which book would you like to read for our June 1 - July 1 History group read?

When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman

9 votes, 31.0%

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

6 votes, 20.7%

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5 votes, 17.2%

The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea

3 votes, 10.3%

The British Civil War The Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1638-1660 by Trevor Royle

3 votes, 10.3%

Winter in Madrid by C.J. Sansom

2 votes, 6.9%

Decision Most Deadly by Mark Turnbull

1 vote, 3.4%

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