by C . J . Sansom (Author)
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 ...?
Format: Paperback
Pages: 592
Edition: paperback / softback
Publisher: Pan
Published: 01 May 2009
ISBN 10: 0330447106
ISBN 13: 9780330447102
Book Overview: The stunning fourth Shardlake novel
Prizes: Shortlisted for Galaxy British Book Awards: Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year 2009 and CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger 2008.