AUTHOR Christopher John Sansom, best known for creating the character of Matthew Shardlake, has died at the age of 71.
EDINBURGH-born author Christopher John Sansom, best known for creating the character of Matthew Shardlake, has died at the age of 71.The character of Shardlake, a Tudor lawyer, was introduced in his first novel Dissolution, which was published 21 years ago.His works have just been adapted into the series Shardlake, which features The Innocents star Arthur Hughes as the main character and Game Of Thrones actor Sean Bean as Thomas Cromwell.
“He was working on his new Shardlake novel, Ratcliff, when he died but his worsening health made progress painfully slow: his meticulous historical research and his writing were always so important to him. Born In Edinburgh in 1952, Sansom studied at Birmingham University, where he achieved a BA and PhD in history.Lucy Hale, managing director of Pan MacMillan, said: “It has been our profound privilege and pleasure to be Chris’s publisher from the very beginning, and Pan Macmillan will continue to celebrate him and introduce many more readers to his extraordinary body of work for many years to come.
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