The Shardlake Series - Book 4
Revelation
“We can’t recommend this book too highly; it’s
another virtuoso performance from a truly great talent.”
Denver Post
Earning praise on both sides of the Atlantic, C. J. Sansom's mysteries brim with period detail and tightly woven intrigue. In this fan-favorite series, hunchbacked Matthew Shardlake practices law amidst the political and religious upheaval of King Henry VIII's court.
Desperate, the parents of a young man fanatically obsessed with salvation employ Shardlake to help get their son released from the Bedlam hospital for the insane. Already with a full plate, Shardlake is further burdened when a close friend is viciously murdered. After making a promise to the man's widow to bring the killer to justice, Shardlake further expands his investigation. What he uncovers is a terrifying conspiracy surrounding a Biblical prophesy with ties to both the boy in Bedlam and King Henry's latest romantic conquest-Catherine Parr.
In Revelation, Sansom's mastery of character and atmosphere is on full display.
"Don't expect to put the book down until you've seen it through to the apocalyptic finale."-Observer
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