"for regency"" and ""The Spectator""'s Alan Judd gave a particularly glowing review writing that ""The orchestration of plot over 600 pages, and the final twist, is literary craft of a high order"" and concluding his review with ""With the Shardlake series, and with this volume in particular, Sansom has surely established himself as one of the best novelists around."" Lamentation (novel) Lamentation is a historical mystery novel by British author C. J. Sansom. It is his eighth novel and the sixth entry in the Matthew Shardlake Series, following 2010's Heartstone. Set in the summer of 1546, King Henry VIII is"
"a minor role. An abridged audiobook on CD, narrated by Anton Lesser, was released by Macmillan Digital Audio in 2010. An unabridged audiobook, nearly 23 hours of narration performed by Steven Crossley, was released in 2011. In 2018, BBC Radio 4 aired a full-cast adaptation of the novel, dramatised by Colin MacDonald, with Justin Salinger starring as Shardlake. Heartstone (novel) Heartstone is a historical mystery novel by British author C. J. Sansom. It is Sansom's sixth novel, and the fifth in the Matthew Shardlake Series. Set in the 16th century during the reign of King Henry VIII, the events of"
"the 16th century. The series' main character is the hunchbacked lawyer Matthew Shardlake, who is assisted in his adventures by Mark Poer and then Jack Barak. Shardlake works on commission initially from Thomas Cromwell in ""Dissolution"" and ""Dark Fire"", Archbishop Thomas Cranmer in ""Sovereign"" and ""Revelation"" and Queen Catherine Parr in ""Heartstone"" and ""Lamentation"". Sansom has said that he plans to write further Shardlake novels taking the lawyer into the reign of Elizabeth I. ""Dissolution"" was adapted in 10 episodes for BBC Radio 4 in September 2012, and ""Revelation"" in March 2017. He has also written ""Winter in Madrid"", a"
"is to ensure the welfare of an important political prisoner, Sir Edward Broderick, so he can be brought to London for questioning in the Tower of London. However, events are quickly complicated when the murder of a York glazier leads Shardlake to the discovery of important documents that bring the King's right to the throne into question. Historical characters portrayed in the novel include: Fictional characters include: Sovereign (Sansom novel) Sovereign, published in 2006, is a historical mystery novel by British author C. J. Sansom. It is Sansom's fourth novel, and the third in the Matthew Shardlake Series. Set in"
"Dark Fire (Sansom novel) Dark Fire is a historical mystery novel by British author C. J. Sansom. It is Sansom's second novel, released in 2004, and also the second in the Matthew Shardlake Series. Set in the 16th century during the reign of Tudor King Henry VIII, it follows hunchbacked lawyer Shardlake's search to recover the long-lost formula for Greek fire. The novel was awarded the Crime Writers' Association Ellis Peters Historical Dagger award in 2005. It is 1540 and the hottest summer of the sixteenth century. Matthew Shardlake, believing himself out of favour with Thomas Cromwell, is busy trying"
"Ellis Peters Historical Dagger in 2008. Revelation (Sansom novel) Revelation is a historical mystery novel by British author C. J. Sansom. It is Sansom's fifth novel, and the fourth in the Matthew Shardlake Series. Set in 1543 during the reign of King Henry VIII, it follows hunchbacked lawyer Shardlake and his assistant, Jack Barak as they hunt the killer of a fellow lawyer. The plot centres around the challenges of post reformation England and draws on the prophesies of the Book of Revelation and features Archbishop Cranmer. Revelation was short listed for the Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year"
"C. J. Sansom Christopher John ""C.J."" Sansom is a Scottish-born writer of historical crime novels. He was born in 1952 in Edinburgh and 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 in Sussex as a lawyer for the disadvantaged, before leaving the legal profession to become a full-time writer. He currently lives in Sussex. Sansom came to prominence with the Shardlake series, his historical mystery series set in the reign of Henry VIII in"
"Revelation (Sansom novel) Revelation is a historical mystery novel by British author C. J. Sansom. It is Sansom's fifth novel, and the fourth in the Matthew Shardlake Series. Set in 1543 during the reign of King Henry VIII, it follows hunchbacked lawyer Shardlake and his assistant, Jack Barak as they hunt the killer of a fellow lawyer. The plot centres around the challenges of post reformation England and draws on the prophesies of the Book of Revelation and features Archbishop Cranmer. Revelation was short listed for the Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year 2009 and the Crime Writers Association"
"two ancientiest"", and secondly in 1814 when the Attorney General of the time was a barrister and the Solicitor General (politically junior to the Attorney General) a King's Serjeant. To reflect the political reality, the Attorney General was made superior to any King's Serjeant, and this remained until the order of Serjeants-at-Law finally died out. The main character in C.J. Sansom's 'Shardlake' novels, hunchback lawyer Matthew Shardlake, is a Serjeant-at-Law during the reign of King Henry VIII of England. Serjeant-at-law A Serjeant-at-Law (SL), commonly known simply as a Serjeant, was a member of an order of barristers at the English"
"Schuster/Shadow Mountain Publishing ""The Creature from My Closet"" Series—Macmillan Publishing ""Pillage"" Trilogy—Shadow Mountain Publishing ""Beyond Foo""—Shadow Mountain Publishing ""Witherwood Reform School"" (Macmillan Publishing) ""Geeked Up""—Macmillan Publishing ""Mutant Bunny Island""—Harper Collins ""Wizard For Hire""–Shadow Mountain Publishing Obert Skye Obert Skye is the pseudonym of Robert Farrell Smith. He is a bestselling American children's writer known for the ""Leven Thumps"" series, the ""Pillage"" trilogy,[1] and ""The Creature from My Closet"" series. He is also the author of ""Witherwood Reform School"" and ""Beyond Foo"". Skye is known for novels that emphasize the power of imagination and importance of discovering the impossible in the"
"Obert Skye Obert Skye is the pseudonym of Robert Farrell Smith. He is a bestselling American children's writer known for the ""Leven Thumps"" series, the ""Pillage"" trilogy,[1] and ""The Creature from My Closet"" series. He is also the author of ""Witherwood Reform School"" and ""Beyond Foo"". Skye is known for novels that emphasize the power of imagination and importance of discovering the impossible in the mundane. Even the Obert Skye pen name, which is used to further ""research"" on the world of Foo in Leven Thumps and the existence of dragons in Pillage, is “all about imagination” and “thinking bigger"
"character the third best of the Marvel Comics stable. IGN in 2011 ranked ""Daredevil"" as #10 on their list of ""Top 100 Comic Book Heroes"". Throughout the core ""Daredevil"" series, many characters have had an influence in Matt Murdock's life. His father, ""Battlin' Jack"" Murdock instills in Matt the importance of education and nonviolence with the aim of seeing his son become a better man than himself. He always encouraged Matt to study, rather than fight like him. Jack forbade his son from undertaking any kind of physical training. It is his father's murder that prompts the super-powered character to"
"25 years, the series of novels centre on the adventures of Captain Matthew Quinton, one of the young ""gentlemen captains"" promoted by King Charles II of England despite their almost complete lack of experience of the sea. The first book, ""Gentleman Captain"", published in North America in 2009, was very well received, being described by Booklist as ""a splendid book, with terrific characters, a thrilling adventure, and a wonderful sense of time and place"" and by Kirkus Reviews as ""a delightful tale"" . The subsequent books in the series (as of June 2018) include ""The Mountain of Gold"", ""The Blast"
"Sebastian Faulks Sebastian Charles Faulks, (born 20 April 1953) is a British novelist, journalist and broadcaster. He is best known for his historical novels set in France – ""The Girl at the Lion d'Or"", ""Birdsong"" and ""Charlotte Gray"". He has also published novels with a contemporary setting, most recently ""A Week in December"" (2009) and ""Paris Echo"", (2018) and a James Bond continuation novel, ""Devil May Care"" (2008), as well as a continuation of P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves series, ""Jeeves and the Wedding Bells"" (2013). He was a team captain on BBC Radio 4 literary quiz ""The Write Stuff"". Faulks was"
"""Tombland"", was published in October 2018. In 2007 the BBC commissioned an adaptation of ""Dissolution"" with Kenneth Branagh set to star as Shardlake. Branagh chose instead to star as the eponymous protagonist in the BBC series ""Wallander"". BBC Radio 4 has adapted novels in the Shardlake series as part of its ""15-Minute Drama"" series. In 2012, ""Dissolution"" was adapted into a 10-part radio serial by Colin MacDonald, starring Jason Watkins as Shardlake and Mark Bonnar as Cromwell. BBC Radio 4 later broadcast ""Dark Fire"" in 2014, with Justin Salinger taking over the role of Shardlake and Bryan Dick playing Barak,"
"Heartstone (novel) Heartstone is a historical mystery novel by British author C. J. Sansom. It is Sansom's sixth novel, and the fifth in the Matthew Shardlake Series. Set in the 16th century during the reign of King Henry VIII, the events of the novel take place in the summer of 1545. Shardlake and his assistant Barak travel to Portsmouth on a legal case given to them by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr. The book also concerns preparations for the Battle of the Solent and the King's warship, the ""Mary Rose"". The book introduces the young Princess Elizabeth in"
"tenth ""Skulduggery Pleasant"" book was released on 1 June 2017, titled ""Resurrection"", as the start of a second series. Twelve-year-old Stephanie Edgley is tired of her boring and miserable life. But when a mysterious man breaks into her recently inherited uncle's house and tries to kill her, she is saved by a funny, arrogant, fireball-throwing, 400-year-old detective that goes by the name of Skulduggery Pleasant, who just so happens to be a walking, talking skeleton, and she is pulled with him to a secret world of danger, murder and magic. Later in the book, taking the new name of Valkyrie"
"of the language and detail in the writing. ""The best crime novel I have read this year"" – Colin Dexter; ""Remarkable...the sights, the voices, the very smell of this turbulent age seem to rise from the page"" – P. D. James; ""This is a humdinger of a whodunnit. Read it!"" – Colin Dexter; ""This is historical fiction at its finest."" – Peter Robinson. The US ""Library Journal"" review is more critical, commenting: ""His novel is unrelentingly grim in tone, as the reader is forced to plod along with Shardlake and the other mostly unlikable characters. Although the novel can be"
"a TNT television series based on his characters Sean King and Michelle Maxwell. Jon Tenney and Rebecca Romijn starred. ""The Christmas Train"", Baldacci's eighth novel, was adapted in 2017 by Hallmark Channel as a Hallmark Hall of Fame feature presentation. The TV movie starred Dermot Mulroney, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Danny Glover and Joan Cusack and was directed by Ron Oliver. Baldacci's novels have been published in over 45 languages and in more than 80 countries, with over 130 million worldwide sales as of 2018. David Baldacci David Baldacci (born August 5, 1960) is a bestselling American novelist. David Baldacci was born"
"Balls's campaign to become leader of the Labour Party, saying: He is an amateur musician playing bass guitar for Damn Right I Got the Blues, and appears occasionally with the folk group Clog Iron playing a bass balalaika. Apples Carstairs series (as Simon Myles) Piers Roper series Kingsbridge series The Century Trilogy Standalone novels Non-fiction Ken Follett Kenneth Martin Follett, (born 5 June 1949) is a Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold more than 160 million copies of his works. Many of his books have achieved high ranking on best seller lists. For example, in the"
"""Headlock"". Chet Rogers, Travis Webb, and Donna McCooke are other real people who appear in both his works of fiction and non-fiction. Rogers and Webb are journalists, and McCooke is a prominent health care professional in the UK. Rogers appears as a newsman in Barer's novelization of ""The Saint"", and McCooke appears as a love interest for a jet pilot in the novelization of ""Stealth"", published first in Japan and later in the USA and UK as an e-book demonstrating the craft of writing movelizations. He contributed ""The Alaska Mail Bomb Conspiracy,"" to the anthology ""Masters of True Crime"", edited"
"decades, David Weber has been taking enthralled readers to destinations strange and fantastical, from his best-selling Honor Harrington novels and short stories to the heroic fantasy of Bahzell of the Hrandai, and the shared universe stories set in worlds of his own creation, and those of others, such as Eric Flint's best-selling Ring of Fire series, the popular Bolo series of Keith Laumer and more. Visit 17th-century Magdeburg for the creation of the United States Navy a hundred and fifty years early, and go with John Paul Jones as he wins the Revolutionary War—For George III. Fight dragons and demons"
"likely both a tribute to Charles Lindbergh’s ""Spirit of St. Louis"" and an acknowledgement of the iconic status the Gherkin has gained as a symbol that represents the city of London. Johnny Mackintosh Johnny Mackintosh is the fictional hero of a series of books by English novelist Keith Mansfield, published by Quercus Books. The first title in the series, ""Johnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of London"", opens on his thirteenth birthday and finds Johnny living in Halader House, a children’s home in the fictional town of Castle Dudbury, Essex, England. Johnny is portrayed as having blond hair, green eyes (inlaid"
"Historical Novel Society ""the best writer of medieval fiction currently around"". She is published internationally, and her work has been translated into 16 languages. Chadwick is renowned for her extensive research into the medieval period and particularly so in the area of the Marshal and Bigod families. Her novels about the thirteenth-century magnate William Marshal, ""The Greatest Knight"" (2005) and ""The Scarlet Lion"" (2006), have brought her international acclaim. For the Romantic Novelists Award: Elizabeth Chadwick Elizabeth Chadwick is an author of historical fictions. She is a member of Regia Anglorum, a medieval reenactment organisation. Elizabeth Chadwick was born in"
"one of few writers to win Edgars in three different categories (1968, Best Novel, ""God Save the Mark""; 1990, Best Short Story, ""Too Many Crooks""; 1991, Best Motion Picture Screenplay, ""The Grifters""). In 1993, the Mystery Writers of America named Westlake a Grand Master, the highest honor bestowed by the society. Westlake was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Lillian (Bounds) and Albert Joseph Westlake, and was raised in Albany, New York. Westlake wrote constantly in his teens, and after 200 rejections, his first short story sale was in 1954. Sporadic short story sales followed over the next"
"the Kate Shugak and Liam Campbell Mystery series are interconnected. A historical adventure in which protagonist Wu Johanna, the granddaughter of Marco Polo, travels from her home in 14th-century Cambaluc (Beijing) to Europe. Stabenow had three books published in the ""Star Svensdotter"" science fiction series: The first book in the mystery series, ""A Cold Day for Murder"", won the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original in 1993. Characters of the series include Kate Shugak, Mutt, Ekaterina, Jack, Jane, and Johnny Morgan, ""Chopper"" Jim Chopin, and Samuel Dementieff. In 1998, she began a new mystery series featuring Alaska State Trooper Liam"
"Thorndyke short stories, ""Thorndyke: Forensic Investigator"" on BBC Radio 4 Extra. November 2011 read by Jim Norton March 2013 read by William Gaminara In January 2015, Tim McInnerny played Dr. Thorndyke opposite James Fleet's Inspector Lestrade in Chris Harrald's adaptation of ""The Moabite Cipher"" in the third series of the BBC Radio 4 series ""The Rivals"". Dr. Thorndyke Dr John Evelyn Thorndyke is a fictional detective in a long series of 22 novels and 40 short stories by British author R. Austin Freeman (1862–1943). Thorndyke was described by his author as a 'medical jurispractitioner': originally a medical doctor, he turned"
"New York fictional hero, Matthew Scudder, is a character who makes his living doing just what McGee does—favors for friends who have no other recourse, then taking his share. Homage to MacDonald was evident in the 1981-88 CBS-TV series ""Simon & Simon"" with scenes showing Rick Simon's boat docked at Slip F-18 in San Diego. Stephen King stated in the book ""Faces of Fear"": ""John D. MacDonald has written a novel called ""The End of the Night"" which I would argue is one of the greatest American novels of the twentieth century. It ranks with ""Death of a Salesman"", it"
"Murdock and hitman Peter Macklin. He has also written a series of novels about the history of crime in Detroit (also the setting of his Walker books), and a more recent series about Valentino, who tracks down lost films, and crimes related to them. His non-series works include ""Bloody Season"", a fictional recreation of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and several novels and stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, as well as contributions to several books on how to write and sell stories and novels. Estleman's literary works have been recognized and highlighted by Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers"
"three-part television series ""Arthur & George"" based on Arthur & George, starring Martin Clunes as Arthur Conan Doyle. Arthur & George Arthur & George (2005) is the tenth novel by English author Julian Barnes which takes as its basis the true story of the ""Great Wyrley Outrages"". Set at the turn of the 20th century, the story follows the separate but intersecting lives of two very different British men: a half-Indian solicitor and son of a Vicar, George Edalji, and the world-famous author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Roughly one-third of the book traces the story"
"Modern Chivalry Modern Chivalry: Containing the Adventures of Captain John Farrago and Teague O'Regan, His servant is a rambling, satirical American novel by Hugh Henry Brackenridge, a Pittsburgh writer, lawyer, judge, and justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The book was first published in 1792. The hero, Captain John Farrago, is a frontier Don Quixote who leaves on a whim his Western Pennsylvania farm to ""ride about the world a little, with his man Teague at his heels, to see how things were going on here and there, and to observe human nature"". The book is arguably the first important"
"David Annandale, Howl of the Hearthworld by Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Lord of the Red Sands by Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Black Oculus by John French, The Laurel of Defiance by Guy Haley, A Safe and Shadowed Place by Guy Haley, Twisted by Guy Haley, Artefacts by Nick Kyme, The Phoenician by Nick Kyme, Imperfect by Nick Kyme, Chirurgeon by Nick Kyme, The Devine Adoratrice by Graham McNeill, Wolf Mother by Graham McNeill, Hands of the Emperor by Rob Sanders, The Harrowing by Rob Sanders, Virtues of the Sons by Andy Smillie, All That Remains by James Swallow, Gunsight by James Swallow, By the"
"Novel in the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Award, the result to be announced in September 2018. In addition to his novels he also is a scriptwriter for the BBC drama Doctors. In 2014, he announced on his website that his contemporary thriller TV series ""Shadow State"" had been optioned by Clerkenwell Films. Plus numerous short stories including the award-winning ""Whisper Lane"" in ""BFS – A Celebration"" anthology in 2006, and ""Who Slays the Gyant, Wounds the Beast"" in ""The Solaris Book of New Fantasy"" (UK) December 2007 Mark Chadbourn Mark Chadbourn is an English fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, and"