C. J. Sansom

Christopher John Sansom ( b. 1952 ) is a British writer.

Life

Born and raised in Edinburgh, the only child of a Presbyterian family Sansom studied history at the University of Birmingham and a doctorate on the South Africa policy of the Labour Party. After working for a time in various occupations, he oriented himself professionally around and became a lawyer. , Until he limited himself to writing.

He became known by the Matthew Shardlake series, a series of novels featuring the hunchback lawyer Matthew Shardlake in England during the reign of Henry VIII, who goes to the first two novels in order Thomas Cromwell on dangerous political mission.

Sansom lives in Brighton.

Awards

• 2003 Flintyxan the Swedish detective magazine jury for Upplösning ( Original: Dissolution )
• 2005 Ellis Peters Historical Dagger by the British Crime Writers' Association for Dark Fire

Films

The BBC is to film the first part of Matthew Shardlake series for television; the main role is played by Kenneth Branagh.

Works

• 2003 Dissolution Portal of Doom. Historical detective novel, dt of Irmengard Gabler, Fischer paperback publishing house, Frankfurt am Main, 2005. ISBN 978-3-596-15840-9.

• Fire of retribution. Historical detective novel, dt of Irmengard Gabler, Fischer paperback publishing house, Frankfurt am Main, 2006. ISBN 978-3-596-15845-4.

• The attorney of the king. Historical detective novel, dt of Irmengard Gabler, Fischer paperback publishing house, Frankfurt am Main, 2009. ISBN 978-3-596-17567-3.

• The book of the devil. Historical Kriminalromnan, dt of Irmengard Gabler, Fischer paperback publishing house, Frankfurt am Main, 2010. ISBN 978-3-596-18671-6.

• Arrow of revenge. Historical detective novel, dt of Irmengard Gabler, Fischer paperback publishing house, Frankfurt am Main, 2011. ISBN 978-3-596-19105-5

• 2006 Winter in Madrid. Macmillan, London 2006, ISBN 1-4050-0546-7.

• 2013 Dominion. Pan Macmillan ISBN 978-0-230-74416-5