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Dissolution
Henry VIII has ordered the dissolution of the monasteries and England is full of informers. At the monastery of Scarnsea, events have spiralled out of control with the murder of Commissioner Robin Singleton. Matthew Shardlake, a lawyer, and his assistant are sent to investigate.
456 pages, Paperback
First published April 28, 2003
About the author
C.J. Sansom
33 books4,002 followersChristopher 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 aftermath of the Spanish Civil War.
Dark Fire won the 2005 Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, awarded by the Crime Writers' Association (CWA). Sansom himself was "Very Highly Commended" in the 2007 CWA Dagger in the Library award, for the Shardlake series.
The television series "Shardlake" was adapted from the books and released by Disney+ on 1st May 2024, just 4 days after Samson's death.
(from Wikipedia®)
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 aftermath of the Spanish Civil War.
Dark Fire won the 2005 Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, awarded by the Crime Writers' Association (CWA). Sansom himself was "Very Highly Commended" in the 2007 CWA Dagger in the Library award, for the Shardlake series.
The television series "Shardlake" was adapted from the books and released by Disney+ on 1st May 2024, just 4 days after Samson's death.
(from Wikipedia®)
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March 29, 2015
⭐ 4
Volim trilere, a kada je radnja smještena u 16. vijek, gotovo da nema šanse da pogriješim — i Raskol je savršen primjer toga. Atmosfera Tudorovske Engleske je mračna, teška i politički nabijena, a Sansom je izuzetno vješto uklapa u krimi priču punu obrta i sumnjivih likova.
Inače, kod kriminalističkih romana imam običaj da pokušavam pogoditi ko je krivac, i vrlo često budem napola ili potpuno u pravu. Ovdje — nisam bila ni blizu. Ubistvo za ubistvom, niz osumnjičenih, svako sa motivom, a opet niko koga bi se moglo jasno optužiti. Zaplet je izuzetno dobro vođen, a rasplet… apsolutno neočekivan. Iskreno, posljednje što sam mogla zamisliti.
Matthew Shardlake je poseban lik, jedan od onih koji ostanu u pamćenju. Fizički neugledan, ali izuzetno inteligentan i pronicljiv. Nakon što su mu se srušili snovi o životu u manastiru zbog njegovog izgleda, on se okreće znanju i pravu, i postaje jedan od najboljih pravnika svog vremena. Njegova unutrašnja borba, moralne dileme i način na koji posmatra svijet čine ga sjajnim vodičem kroz ovu priču.
Sve u svemu, izuzetno kvalitetan, pametno napisan i atmosferski roman koji iznenađuje i drži pažnju do samog kraja. Sjajan početak jednog serijala kojem se rado vraćam.
Volim trilere, a kada je radnja smještena u 16. vijek, gotovo da nema šanse da pogriješim — i Raskol je savršen primjer toga. Atmosfera Tudorovske Engleske je mračna, teška i politički nabijena, a Sansom je izuzetno vješto uklapa u krimi priču punu obrta i sumnjivih likova.
Inače, kod kriminalističkih romana imam običaj da pokušavam pogoditi ko je krivac, i vrlo često budem napola ili potpuno u pravu. Ovdje — nisam bila ni blizu. Ubistvo za ubistvom, niz osumnjičenih, svako sa motivom, a opet niko koga bi se moglo jasno optužiti. Zaplet je izuzetno dobro vođen, a rasplet… apsolutno neočekivan. Iskreno, posljednje što sam mogla zamisliti.
Matthew Shardlake je poseban lik, jedan od onih koji ostanu u pamćenju. Fizički neugledan, ali izuzetno inteligentan i pronicljiv. Nakon što su mu se srušili snovi o životu u manastiru zbog njegovog izgleda, on se okreće znanju i pravu, i postaje jedan od najboljih pravnika svog vremena. Njegova unutrašnja borba, moralne dileme i način na koji posmatra svijet čine ga sjajnim vodičem kroz ovu priču.
Sve u svemu, izuzetno kvalitetan, pametno napisan i atmosferski roman koji iznenađuje i drži pažnju do samog kraja. Sjajan početak jednog serijala kojem se rado vraćam.
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