Камни вместо сердец

From one of P. D. James's favorite mystery authors comes the third Shardlake novel

Autumn 1541. A plot against the throne has been uncovered, and Henry VIII has set off on a spectacular progress from London to York, along with a thousand soldiers, the cream of the nobility, and his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, to quell his rebellious northern subjects. Awaiting his arrival are lawyer Matthew Shardlake and his loyal assistant, Jack Barak. In addition to processing petitions to the king, Shardlake's task is to protect a dangerous conspirator until he is transported back to London for interrogation.

But when a local glazier is murdered, things get a little more complicated as the murder seems to be not only connected to Shardlake's prisoner but also to the royal family itself. Then Shardlake stumbles upon a cache of secret papers that throws into doubt the legitimacy of the entire royal line, and a chain of events unfolds that threatens Shardlake with the most terrifying fate of the age: imprisonment in the Tower of London.

A compelling thriller and love story set in post-civil War Spain

Fans of Carlos Ruiz Zafon's and Sebastian Faulks's will fall in love with , the arresting new novel from C. J. Sansom. In September 1940, the Spanish Civil War is over and Madrid lies in ruins while the Germans continue their march through Europe. Britain stands alone as General Franco considers whether to abandon neutrality and enter the war.

Into this uncertain world comes Harry Brett, a privileged young man who was recently traumatized by his experience in Dunkirk and is now a reluctant spy for the British Secret Service. Sent to gain the confidence of Sandy Forsyth, an old school friend turned shadowy Madrid businessman, Brett finds himself involved in a dangerous game—and surrounded by memories.

Meanwhile, Sandy's girlfriend, ex-Red Cross nurse Barbara Clare, is engaged in a secret mission of her own—to find her former lover Bernie Piper, whose passion for the Communist cause led him into the International Brigades and who vanished on the bloody battlefields of the Jarama.

In a vivid and haunting depiction of wartime Spain, is an intimate and riveting tale that offers a remarkable sense of history unfolding and the profound impact of impossible choices.

Лондон, 1546 год. Переломный момент в судьбе всей английской нации…

В свое время адвокат Мэтью Шардлейк дал себе слово никогда не лезть в опасные политические дела. Несколько лет ему и вправду удавалось держаться в стороне от дворцовых интриг. Но вот снова к Мэтью обратилась с мольбой о помощи королева Екатерина Парр, супруга короля Генриха VIII. Беда как нельзя более серьезна: из сундука Екатерины пропала рукопись ее книги, в которой она обсуждала тонкие вопросы религии. Для подозрительного и гневливого мужа достаточно одного лишь факта того, что она написала такую книгу без его ведома – в глазах короля это неверность, а подобного Генрих никому не прощает. И Шардлейк приступил к поискам пропавшей рукописи, похищение которой явно было заказано высокопоставленным лицом, мечтавшим погубить королеву. А значит, и Екатерине, и самому адвокату грозит смертельная опасность…

Año 1940. Imparables, los alemanes invanden Europa. Madrid pasa hambre y se ha convertido en un hervidero de espías de todas las potencias mundiales. Harry Brett es un antiguo soldado que conoció la Guerra Civil y quedó traumatizado tras la evacuación de Dunkerque. Ahora trabaja para el servicio secreto británico: debe ganarse la confianza de su antiguo condiscípulo Sandy Forsyth, quién se dedica a negocios turbios en la España del Caudillo. Por el camino, Harry se verá envuelto en un juego muy peligroso y asaltado por amargos recuerdos.

Лето 1541 года. Король Англии Генрих VIII, обеспокоенный попыткой мятежа, собирается посетить Йорк на севере королевства, чтобы предотвратить возможное повторение бунта. Мэтью Шардлейк, включенный в королевскую свиту, отправляется в Йорк заранее с секретным заданием доставить в Лондон организатора неудавшегося мятежа. Со своим помощником Шардлейк селится в аббатстве Святой Марии, которое должно стать временной резиденцией короля. Тут-то и начинается череда таинственных происшествий. Сначала погибает витражных дел мастер Олдройд. При осмотре дома убитого обнаружен тайник со шкатулкой, содержащей старинные документы. Следующей жертвой становится сам Шардлейк. От удара по голове он теряет сознание, и найденные бумаги, способные пролить свет на истинных инициаторов заговора, исчезают…

The year is 1540. Shardlake has been pulled, against his better judgement, into defending Elizabeth Wentworth, charged with murdering her cousin. He is powerless to help the girl, yet she is suddenly given a reprieve – courtesy of Cromwell. The cost of the reprieve to Shardlake is two weeks once again in his service.

It is 1537 and Thomas Cromwell has ordered that all monasteries should be dissolved. Cromwell's Commissioner is found dead, his head severed from his body. Dr Shardlake is sent to uncover the truth behind what has happened. His investigation forces him to question everything that he himself believes.

Invierno de 1537, Inglaterra. Bajo el reinado de Enrique Vlll, la disolución de los monasterios está en marcha.Thomas Cromwell, el temido vicario general del rey se enfrenta a la vieja Iglesia católica con leyes draconianas y la mayor red de informadores nunca vista. La reina Ana Bolena ha sido decapitada y los monasterios, amenazados con la desamortización, sufren el expolio de sus tesoros y ven peligrar sus tierras, codiciadas por cortesanos y aristócratas.Y mientras la tensión aumenta, los acontecimientos toman un giro desgraciado cuando, en el monasterio benedictino de Scarnsea, el comisionado cíe Cromwell aparece muerto con la cabeza separada del cuerpo. Ante la gravedad del hecho, el vicario envía al monasterio al abogado Matthew Shardlake, un reformista de aguda inteligencia y carácter noble, para que dirija la investigación. Pero cuando Shardlake y su joven secretario y protegido Mark Poer llegan a Scarnsea, el panorama no puede ser más desolador. Bajo la aparente calma monacal se esconde un mundo de delitos sexuales, malversación de fondos, traición y; para colmo, otros dos nuevos y terribles crímenes.Además, el trabajo del abogado se ve perturbado por una serie de desagradables descubrimientos sobre Cromwell y la Reforma que harán vacilar su fe.

Con una trama minuciosamente elaborada, El gallo negro es una apasionante novela de intriga que se desarrolla durante los tempestuosos albores del estado de derecho moderno, una época en que las leyes civiles iniciaban el largo y difícil camino para despojar al poder eclesiástico del papel normativo que ejercía en la sociedad.

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, and England is in the grip of soaring inflation and economic crisis. Meanwhile Matthew Shardlake is given an intriguing legal case by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr. Asked to investigate claims of 'monstrous wrongs' committed against a young ward of the court, which have already involved one mysterious death, Shardlake and his assistant Barak journey to Portsmouth. Once arrived, Shardlake and Barak find themselves in a city preparing to become a war zone; and Shardlake takes the opportunity to also investigate the mysterious past of Ellen Fettipace, a young woman incarcerated in the Bedlam. The emerging mysteries around the young ward, and the events that destroyed Ellen's family nineteen years before, involve Shardlake in reunions both with an old friend and an old enemy close to the throne. Events will converge on board one of the King's great warships, primed for battle in Portsmouth harbour: the Mary Rose...