When an old friend is horrifically murdered Shardlake promises his widow, for whom he has long had complicated feelings, to bring the killer to justice. Should he be released to his parents, when his terrifying actions could lead to him being burned as a heretic? Matthew Shardlake, meanwhile, is working on the case of a teenage boy, a religious maniac locked in the Bedlam hospital for the insane. Archbishop Cranmer and the embattled Protestant faction at court are watching keenly, for Lady Catherine is known to have reformist sympathies. But this time the object of his affections is resisting.

Like Hilary Mantel, he produces densely textured historical novels that absorb their readers in another time’ – Andrew Taylor, SpectatorĮngland, 1543: King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife. ‘When it comes to intriguing Tudor-based narratives, Hilary Mantel has a serious rival’ – Sunday Times ?Sansom has the trick of writing an enthralling narrative. Sansom’s bestselling adventures of Matthew Shardlake continue in the fourth book, the haunting Revelation. Perfect for fans of HIlary Mantel and Philippa Gregory, C.

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