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. ...
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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 ...?
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Add this copy of Revelation to cart. $13.81, very good condition, Sold by Hay-on-Wye Booksellers rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2008 by Macmillan.
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Very Good. Used, some outer edges and corners have minor scuffs, cover has light scratches, book content is in very good condition. Trade paperback (UK). 560 p. The Shardlake series .
Add this copy of Revelation to cart. $14.45, good condition, Sold by Yare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Great Yarmouth, NORFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2008 by Macmillan.
Add this copy of Revelation [Matthew Shardlake 4] to cart. $24.41, very good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 2008 by Macmillan.
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F- 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed & nicked); pp. viii, 552 (last blank)], with 2 maps. A near fine copy. The fourth volume in the Matthew Shardlake series of Tudor mysteries, ths one set in London and Westminster during the wooing of Catherine Parr in 1543.
Add this copy of Revelation (Shardlake) to cart. $36.88, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Pan MacMillan.
Intereresting story concerning a "crookback" lawyer during the reigh of henry the eighth.
Good murder mystery with "historical' information interjected.
if you like "Historical" Mysteries, read the book. This was the fourth installment (Book) during the reign of Henry the Eighth.
