C. J. Sansom

Siobhan O'Connor (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Kerry Myler (Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

Born 18 Jan 1912
Died 20 Apr 1976
Activity 1932-1976

Places

Born in England
Active in England

Activities

Primary

Story-writer

Resources

Overview

C.J. Sansom’s first novel Dissolution, published in 2003, is the first instalment of a series of historical crime novels set in Tudor England whose protagonist is the crime-solving lawyer Matthew Shardlake. To date, seven Shardlake novels have been published spanning the reigns of Henry VIII and his son, Edward VI, with the series enjoying both commercial success and the acclaim of reviewers. In addition to his Tudor fiction, Sansom has published two standalone novels, Winter in Madrid (2006), set in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, and Dominion (2012), an alternative history set in an imaginary England of 1952 which, having reached a peace settlement with …

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Citation: O'Connor, Siobhan. "C. J. Sansom". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 14 July 2022 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3930, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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