by C. J. Sansom · SALAMANDRA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788478889501
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«Fuego oscuro» is the historical mystery novel by C. J. Sansom, published by Salamandra in hardback (512 pages, in Spanish).
Henry VIII repudiates Anne of Cleves to marry Catherine Howard and puts Lord Cromwell in danger. To regain his favour, Cromwell offers the king the dark fire, an incendiary weapon, but his alchemists die and the formula disappears. Lawyer Matthew Shardlake, with Jack Barak, has twelve days to find it in Tudor London.
Second novel in the Matthew Shardlake series. Its original title is Dark Fire; the Spanish edition from Salamandra was published in 2005.
For readers of historical and mystery fiction, particularly those who enjoy political intrigue and the era of Henry VIII.
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.
