by C. J. Sansom · SALAMANDRA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788478888672
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«El gallo negro» is the historical mystery novel by C. J. Sansom, published by Salamandra in hardcover (448 pages, in Spanish).
England, 1537. During the dissolution of the monasteries driven by Thomas Cromwell, lawyer Matthew Shardlake investigates at Scarnsea monastery the death of a royal commissioner found beheaded. He uncovers corruption, abuse and betrayal, and secrets about Cromwell that test his faith.
Novel in the Matthew Shardlake series by C. J. Sansom; its original English title is Dissolution and the Spanish edition was published in 2004.
For readers of historical and mystery fiction, with a plot set in Tudor England.
Christopher John Sansom was a British writer of historical crime novels, best known for his Matthew Shardlake series. He also wrote the spy novel Winter in Madrid and the alternative history novel Dominion. He won numerous book awards, including the 2005 Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in 2013 and the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2022. Shardlake, a television series based on Sansom's novel Dissolution, started streaming on Disney+ less than a week after his death.
