'C. J. Sansom's books are arguably the best Tudor novels going' - The Sunday Times
Revelation is the haunting fourth book in C. J. Sansom's bestselling Shardlake series perfect
for fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory. England 1543. King Henry VIII is wooing
Catherine Parr whom he wants for his sixth wife. Archbishop Thomas 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 zealot detained
in the Bedlam insane asylum and whom he fears could be burned as a heretic. But when an old
friend is horrifically murdered Shardlake determines 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 physician friend Guy Malton uncovers a series of terrible
murders which soon bring talk of sorcery and demonic possession - for what else would the Tudor
mind make of a serial killer . . . ? This is the fourth novel in C. J. Sansom's thrilling
historical series. Continue the series with Heartstone .
