Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LONDON (AP) — British author C.J. Sansom, best known for his historical crime novels featuring the Tudor lawyer and investigator ...

C.J. Sansom, author of the best-selling historical Shardlake novels, which have been adapted for TV by Disney+, has died aged 71. He passed away on April 27 after being diagnosed with multiple myeloma ...

He wrote a popular series of books revolving around a hunchbacked detective, Shardlake, whose troubles echo the author’s experiences of childhood bullying. By Trip Gabriel See more of our coverage in ...

Author CJ Sansom, who created the character of Matthew Shardlake, has died at the age of 71, his publisher has announced. Sansom first introduced readers to Shardlake - a lawyer who solves crimes ...

C.J. Sansom, who transported millions of readers to 16th-century England with his erudite, psychologically complex mystery novels about Matthew Shardlake, a hunchbacked lawyer turned investigator ...

Lawyer turned novelist who enjoyed huge success with his bestselling Shardlake historical mysteries The novelist CJ Sansom, who has died aged 71, saw the dream of many aspiring writers come true when ...

CJ Sansom winces at the mention of The Tudors, the BBC's recent dramatisation of the life of Henry VIII, starring a pouting Jonathan Rhys Meyers. "I deplore that programme. All those frocks and plots.