Sansom, C. J.
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- New York times, 6 May 2024:in an obituary on page B7 (C.J. Sansom; born Christopher John Sansom on Sept. 19, 1952 in Edinburgh [Scotland], died on Apr. 27 [2024], aged 71; Mr. Sansom earned a Ph.D. in history and a law degree before turning to writing in his late 40s, quickly became one of Britain's most popular historical novelists; wrote a book series featuring Matthew Shardlake, a hunchbacked lawyer-turned-detective whose exploits solving chilling murders in Tudor England come steeped in suspense and granular historical detail)
- Sansom, C. J. Dissolution, 2003:CIP t.p. (C.J. Sansom)
- Amazon.com www homepage, Apr. 8, 2003(C.J. Sansom, British lawyer; first book)
- Temnyĭ ogonʹ, 2006:t.p. (K.Dzh. Sėnsom)
- Aposynthesē, 2007:t.p. (S. Tz. Sansom)
Wikipedia description:
Christopher John Sansom (9 December 1952 – 27 April 2024) was a British writer of historical crime novels, best known for his Matthew Shardlake series. He also wrote the spy novel Winter in Madrid and the alternative history novel Dominion. He won numerous book awards, including the 2005 Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in 2013 and the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2022. Shardlake, a television series based on Sansom's novel Dissolution, started streaming on Disney+ less than a week after his death.
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