C. J. Sansom Book order (chronological)

'C. J. Sansom's books are arguably the best Tudor novels going' - The Sunday TimesWinner of the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, Dark Fire is the second thrilling book in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series, perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory.England, 1540. Out of favour with Thomas Cromwell, Matthew Shardlake is intent on keeping a low profile in the courts. But his involvement with a murder case, defending a girl accused of brutally killing her young cousin, brings him once again into contact with the King's chief minister - and a new assignment . . .The secret of Greek Fire, the legendary substance with which the Byzantines destroyed the Arab navies, has been lost for centuries. Now an official of the Court of Augmentations has discovered the formula in the library of a dissolved monastery. When Shardlake is sent to recover it, he finds the official and his alchemist brother brutally murdered - the formula gone.Now Shardlake must follow the trail of Greek Fire across Tudor London, while still trying to prove his young client's innocence. But very soon he discovers nothing is as it seems . . .This is the second novel in C. J. Sansom's gripping historical series. It is followed by Sovereign, the third book in the series.

Ljeto, 1546. Kralj Henrik VIII. polagano i bolno umire. Protestantski i katolički vijećnici s njegova dvora upleteni su u konačnu i odlučnu borbu za vlast. Oni koji pobjede držat će u svojoj moći Henrikova nasljednika, osmogodišnjeg princa Edwarda. U Londonu je u jeku lov na heretike, a radikalna reformistica Anne Askew, koja je negirala da su na misi stvarno prisutni krv i tijelo Isusovo, spaljena je na lomači. Pripadnici katoličkog kruga na dvoru pletu mrežu i rade o glavi Henrikovoj šestoj ženi, kraljici Katarini Parr. Odvjetnik Matthew Shardlake dobiva hitan poziv u kraljevsku palaču. Kraljica je očajna i moli ga za pomoć. Ona ima jednu tajnu. Napisala je vjersku knjigu Tužaljka grešnika. Knjigu je netko ukrao iz njezine škrinje, premda samo ona ima ključ i nosi ga stalno oko vrata. Plaši se da bi zbog iznesenih stavova mogla biti optužena za herezu. Shardlake duboko poštuje plemenitu kraljicu i kreće u potragu. Nevjerojatne intrige i krvava umorstva stoje pred njim u ovom fascinantnom povijesnom trileru. Prethodni naslovi iz serijala o grbavom odvjetniku Matthewu Shardlakeu: Raskol, Crna vatra, Kraljevska krv, Otkrivenje i Čarobna kost.

"Summer, 1549. Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos... the economy is in collapse, inflation rages and rebellion is stirring among the peasantry. Since the old King's death, Matthew Shardlake has been working as a lawyer in the service of Henry's younger daughter, the Lady Elizabeth. The gruesome murder of Edith Boleyn, the wife of John Boleyn - a distant Norfolk relation of Elizabeth's mother - which could have political implications for Elizabeth, brings Shardlake and his assistant Nicholas Overton to the summer Assizes at Norwich. There they are reunited with Shardlake's former assistant Jack Barak. The three find layers of mystery and danger surrounding Edith's death, as a second murder is committed. And then East Anglia explodes, as peasant rebellion breaks out across the country. The yeoman Robert Kett leads a force of thousands in overthrowing the landlords and establishing a vast camp outside Norwich. Soon the rebels have taken over the city, England's second largest. Barak throws in his lot with the rebels; Nicholas, opposed to them, becomes a prisoner in Norwich Castle; while Shardlake has to decide where his ultimate loyalties lie, as government forces in London prepare to march north and destroy the rebels. Meanwhile he discovers that the murder of Edith Boleyn may have connections reaching into both the heart of the rebel camp and of the Norfolk gentry..."--Publisher.

Kralj Henrik VIII. polagano i bolno umire. Protestantski i katolički vijećnici s njegova dvora upleteni su u konačnu i odlučnu borbu za vlast. Oni koji pobjede držat će u svojoj moći Henrikova nasljednika, osmogodišnjeg princa Edwarda. U Londonu je u jeku lov na heretike, a radikalna reformistica Anne Askew, koja je negirala da su na misi stvarno prisutni krv i tijelo Isusovo, spaljena je na lomači. Pripadnici katoličkog kruga na dvoru pletu mrežu i rade o glavi Henrikovoj šestoj ženi, kraljici Katarini Parr. Odvjetnik Matthew Shardlake dobiva hitan poziv u kraljevsku palaču. Kraljica je očajna i moli ga za pomoć. Ona ima jednu tajnu. Napisala je vjersku knjigu Tužaljka grešnika. Knjigu je netko ukrao iz njezine škrinje, premda samo ona ima ključ i nosi ga stalno oko vrata. Plaši se da bi zbog iznesenih stavova mogla biti optužena za herezu. Shardlake duboko poštuje plemenitu kraljicu i kreće u potragu. Nevjerojatne intrige i krvava umorstva stoje pred njim u ovom fascinantnom povijesnom trileru.

Godina 1940. Španjolski građanski rat je završio, Madrid leži u ruševinama, njegovo stanovništvo gladuje, dok Nijemci nezaustavljivo marširaju Europom. Britanija je ostala sama dok general Franco razmišlja bi li napustio neutralnost i stupio u rat. U taj neizvjestan svijet dolazi Harry Brett, traumatizirani veteran iz bitke za Dunkirk, koji je preko volje postao špijunom za britansku tajnu službu. Kad su ga poslali da stekne povjerenje nekadašnjeg školskog kolege Sandyja Forsytha, sada mutna madridskog poslovnog čovjeka, Harry upada u opasnu igru. U međuvremenu Sandyjeva djevojka Barbara Clare, bivša bolničarka Crvenog križa, obuzeta je vlastitom misijom — pronaći svojeg neprežaljenog ljubavnika Bernieja Pipera, zanesenog komunista, člana međunarodnih brigada, koji je nestao na krvavoj bojišnici kod Jarame. »U živom i sablasnom opisu ratnoga vremena u Španjolskoj, Pakao u Madridu intimna je i neodoljiva priča koja nudi izvanredan osjećaj za povijesno otkrivanje i duboke posljedice nemogućih izbora.« Publishers Weekly

Summer, 1546. King Henry VIII is slowly, painfully dying. His Protestant and Catholic councillors are engaged in a final and decisive power struggle; whoever wins will control the government of Henry's successor, eight-year-old Prince Edward. As heretics are hunted across London, and the radical Protestant Anne Askew is burned at the stake, the Catholic party focus their attack on Henry's sixth wife, Matthew Shardlake's old mentor, Queen Catherine Parr. Shardlake, still haunted by events aboard the warship Mary Rose the year before, is working on the Cotterstoke Will case, a savage dispute between rival siblings. Then, unexpectedly, he is summoned to Whitehall Palace and asked for help by his old patron, the now beleaguered and desperate Queen

1952. Twelve years have passed since Churchill lost to the appeasers, and Britain surrendered to Nazi Germany after Dunkirk. As the long German war against Russia rages on in the east, the British people find themselves under dark authoritarian rule: the press, radio and television are controlled; the streets patrolled by violent auxiliary police and British Jews face ever greater constraints. There are terrible rumours too about what is happening in the basement of the German Embassy at Senate House. Defiance, though, is growing. In Britain, Winston Churchill's Resistance organisation is increasingly a thorn in the government's side. And in a Birmingham mental hospital an incarcerated scientist, Frank Muncaster, may hold a secret that could change the balance of the world struggle forever. Civil Servant David Fitzgerald, secretly acting as a spy for the Resistance, is given by them the mission to rescue his old friend Frank and get him out of the country. Before long he, together with a disparate group of Resistance activists, will find themselves fugitives in the midst of London’s Great Smog; as David’s wife Sarah finds herself drawn into a world more terrifying than she ever could have imagined. And hard on their heels is Gestapo Sturmbannfuhrer Gunther Hoth, brilliant, implacable hunter of men . . .

Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong, and a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel. As the English fleet gathers at Portsmouth, the country raises the largest militia army it has ever seen. The King has debased the currency to pay for the war.

Izuzetna atmosfera ovog romana vratit će vas u Englesku u doba vladavine Henrika VIII. i turbulentne podjele između stare Katoličke i nove, Anglikanske crkve. Brutalno ubojstvo kraljeva povjerenika u benediktinskom samostanu u Scarnseaju, ukazat će na čitav niz sumnjivih događanja, od bludnih radnji do pronevjere i izdaje, koje će glavni lik, grbavi odvjetnik Matthew Shardlake, morati razriješiti kako bi sačuvao goli život i zdravu pamet...

Dvanáctiletá dívka a její mladší bratr se v lesích severního Idaha stanou svědky vraždy a dají se na útěk před čtveřicí pachatelů. Nalézt někoho, komu by se dalo věřit, je obtížné, neboť stačí jedno slůvko a jejich osud je zpečetěn. Hrdinové i padouši se objevují tam, kde byste je čekali nejméně. Na dvoře Jindřicha VIII. po popravě jeho páté manželky bují intriky a náboženský nepokoj. V Londýně se objeví sériový vrah, který čerpá inspiraci z knihy Zjevení. Právník Matthew Shardlake se zaplete do vyšetřování, při kterém mu hrozí smrt. Sedmadvacetiletá Josey Cirriniová žije osamělý život ve zlaté kleci, útěchu nachází ve sladkostech a v návštěvách listonoše Adama, do kterého je tajně zamilovaná. Po setkání s cizí ženou v šatně si uvědomuje, že ostatní skrývají závažnější tajemství než její police sušenek, a že i ona má právo na vlastní život a štěstí. Mladý šéfkuchař Max Moreton čelí dvěma pohromám: na jeho večeři dojde k otravě hostů a druhý den vybuchne bomba na hostině pro dostihovou smetánku. Max se snaží očistit jméno své restaurace a najít viníky, zatímco pátrá po stopách, které by mohly objasnit záhadu.

The fourth book in the Shardlake mystery series takes place in 1543. When an old friend of Matthew Shardlake's is murdered, he vows to bring the killer to justice. His search leads him back to the dark prophecies of the Book of Revelation--and a series of horrific murders.

1940: after the Spanish Civil War, Madrid lies ruined, its people starving, as Germany continues its relentless march through Europe. Britain now stands alone, while General Franco considers whether to abandon neutrality and enter the war. Into this uncertain world comes Harry Brett, a traumatized veteran of Dunkirk turned reluctant spy for the British Secret Service. Sent to gain the confidence of old schoolfriend Sandy Forsyth, now a shady Madrid businessman, Harry finds himself involved in a dangerous game - and surrounded by memories. Meanwhile Sandy's girlfriend, ex-Red Cross nurse Barbara Claire, is engaged on her own secret mission - to find her former lover, Bernie Piper, a passionate Communist in the International Brigades who vanished on the bloody battlefields of the Jarama. A vivid and haunting depiction of wartime Spain, Winter in Madrid is an intimate and compelling tale. An intesely moving love story, it also evokes a remarkable sense of history unfolding and reveals the profound impact of impossible choices.

Svazek obsahuje zkrácené verze čtyř úspěšných románů různých žánrů. 1) Ken Follett: Sněžná slepota - Na Štědrý den zuří nad Skotskem sněhová vánice. Kit Oxenford, syn majitele výzkumného ústavu, má jiné plány než rodinné posezení. Spolu se třemi kumpány se chystá vloupat do přísně střežené laboratoře, kde se uchovávají vzorky smrtelně nebezpečných virů. 2) Barbara Delinsky: Léto odhodlání - Po tragické nehodě, při níž přišlo o život devět lidí, se Julie Bechtelová snaží přehodnotit svůj život. Už jí nestačí být poslušnou dcerou, manželkou a matkou. Rozhodne se vzít svůj osud do vlastních rukou. 3) C. J. Sansom: Temný oheň - V létě 1540 se londýnský právník Matthew Shardlake ocitá uprostřed mocenských sporů anglické šlechty. Jeho úkolem je najít ztracený recept na řecký oheň, nebezpečnou hořlavinu, která by mohla Anglii ochránit před nepřáteli. 4) Fannie Flaggová: Vánoční kouzlení - Oswald T. Campbell se po diagnóze rozhodne přesídlit z Chicaga do Alabamy. Na slunném jihu nachází nejen ztracené zdraví, ale i naplnění snů, vřelé přátelství a skutečný domov, jaký nikdy dřív nepoznal.

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It's 1540, three years after Shardlake was commissioned by Cromwell to investigate the murders at Scarnsea monastery. It is the hottest summer of the sixteenth century. Shardlake is trying to keep a low profile, believing himself to be out of favour with Thomas Cromwell while at the same time maintaining his London-based legal practice.

Exciting and elegantly written, Dissolution is an utterly compelling first novel and a riveting portrayal of Tudor England. The year is 1537, and the country is divided between those faithful to the Catholic Church and those loyal to the king and the newly established Church of England. When a royal commissioner is brutally murdered in a monastery on the south coast of England, Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s feared vicar general, summons fellow reformer Matthew Shardlake to lead the inquiry. Shardlake and his young protégé uncover evidence of sexual misconduct, embezzlement, and treason, and when two other murders are revealed, they must move quickly to prevent the killer from striking again.

The tenth anniversary edition of "Dissolution," the first book in the bestselling Shardlake series.

Autumn, 1541. King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to attend an extravagant submission by his rebellious subject in York. Already in the city are lawyer Matthew Shardlake and his assistant Jack Barak. As well as legal work processing local petitions to the King, Shardlake has reluctantly undertaken a special mission for Archbishop Crammer - to ensure the welfare of an important but dangerous conspirator who is to be returned to London for interrogation. But the murder of a York glazier involves Shardlake in deeper mysteries, connected not only to the prisoner in York Castle but to the royal family itself. And when Shardlake and Barak stumble upon a cache of secret documents which could threaten the Tudor throne, a chain of events unfolds that will lead to Shardlake facing the most terrifying fate of the age...