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Matthew Shardlake #1
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 books4,000 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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November 29, 2024
Moc hezká historická detektivka.
Pravděpodobně budu v sérii v dohledné době pokračovat.
Pravděpodobně budu v sérii v dohledné době pokračovat.
May 16, 2020
Měla jsem problémy vůbec docit, žádné napětí, postavy výrazné.
May 1, 2012
Historická detektivka klasického anglického střihu. Její velká výhoda je, že historické zasazení není jen laciné zatraktivnění. Autor je ostatně na dané období uznávaným odborníkem a z výsledku je to vidět.
January 20, 2013
Detektivky moc nečtu, ale tahle nebyla špatná:-) Klášter a jeho každodenní fungování zde bylo hodně dobře vykresleno, stejně jako postavy:-) Je pravda, že vraha p. Singeltona jsem si tipla asi někde na str. 35 a dobře, ale zbytek byl moc hezky zamotaný. Rozhodně jsem se u ní nenudila:-)
July 20, 2017
Knížka se mi líbila, možná byla ke konci už zbytečně dlouhá, ale ve výsledku jsem byla s knihou spokojená. Líbilo se mi historické pozadí knihy i autorovy vysvětlivky ke skutečným událostem. Určitě doporučuji.
November 2, 2012
Skvělá detektivní kniha zasazená do prostředí anglické reformace. Škoda jen že vrahem nebyl ten koho jsem čekal
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