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Character · Shardlake and his household · 7 books

Matthew Shardlake

Hunchbacked lawyer in Tudor London · C.J. Sansom

Matthew Shardlake is a hunchbacked lawyer in Tudor London.

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Character facts

First appearance
Dissolution (2003)
Latest appearance
Tombland (2018)
Books
7 (7 as lead)
Series
Matthew Shardlake
Author
C.J. Sansom
Circle
Shardlake and his household

Where to meet Matthew Shardlake

Matthew Shardlake first appears in Dissolution (2003), as the lead, book 1 of the Matthew Shardlake series.

Buy Dissolution

Every book with Matthew Shardlake

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 2003LDissolutionlead · Matthew ShardlakeSent by Cromwell to a monastery on the south coastBuy
  2. 2004LDark Firelead · Matthew ShardlakeBuy
  3. 2006LSovereignlead · Matthew ShardlakeBuy
  4. 2008LRevelationlead · Matthew ShardlakeBuy
  5. 2010LHeartstonelead · Matthew ShardlakeBuy
  6. 2014LLamentationlead · Matthew ShardlakeBuy
  7. 2018LTomblandlead · Matthew ShardlakeInvestigates a murder in Norfolk in 1549Buy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Guy MaltonMoorish physician and Shardlake’s friend6
Jack BarakFormer Cromwell agent and Shardlake’s assistant6
Tamasin ReedbourneBarak’s wife5
Richard RichRuthless royal official3
Catherine ParrHenry VIII’s last queen2
Nicholas OvertonYoung law student and Shardlake’s assistant2