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Revelation (The Fourth in the Shardlake Series) - The Shardlake series
Revelation (The Fourth in the Shardlake Series) - The Shardlake series
Paperback | English
Published:
1 May, 2009
Paperback | English
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1 May, 2009
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C.J. Sansom's bestselling adventures of Matthew Shardlake continue in the fourth title in the series, the haunting Revelation. Spring, 1543. King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife. Archbishop Cranmer and the embattled Protestant faction at court are watching keenly, for Lady Catherine is known to have reformist sympathies. Matthew Shardlake, meanwhile, is working on the case of a teenage boy who has been placed in the Bedlam insane asylum, before his terrifying religious mania leads to him being burned as a heretic. When an old friend is horrifically murdered Shardlake vows to bring the killer to justice. His search leads him to Cranmer and Catherine Parr - and to the dark prophecies of the Book of Revelation. As London's Bishop Bonner prepares a purge of Protestants Shardlake, together with his assistant, Jack Barak, and his friend, Guy Malton, investigate a series of horrific murders which are already bringing frenzied talk of witchcraft and demonic possession - for what else would the Tudor mind make of a serial killer ...?
Prizes
Shortlisted for Galaxy British Book Awards: Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year 2009 and CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger 2008.
Praise for the Matthew Shardlake series:
Remarkable. . . . The sights, the voices, the very smell of this turbulent age seem to rise from the page.
-- P.D. James
Terrific . . . a remarkable, imaginative feat. It is a first-rate murder mystery and one of the most atmospheric historical novels I've read in years.
-- The Mail on Sunday
Historical crime fiction is sometimes little more than a modern adventure in fancy dress. Not so the novels of C. J. Sansom, whose magnificent books set in the reign of Henry VIII bring to life the sounds and smells of Tudor England . . . Dark Fire is a creation of real brilliance.
-- The Sunday Times (UK)
C. J. Sansom was educated at Birmingham University, where he took a BA and then a Ph.D. in history. After working in a variety of jobs, he retrained as a solicitor and practised in Sussex, until becoming a full-time writer. His Shardlake series includes Dissolution, Dark Fire, Sovereign, Revelation, Heartstone and Lamentation. He lives in Sussex.
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780330447102 |
| Number Of Pages | 592 |
| Item Weight | 463 g |
| Product Dimensions | 40 x 197 x 130 mm |
| Publisher | Pan |
| Format | Paperback |