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by C.J. Sansom (Author)
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  • Paperback: 549 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan; paperback / softback edition (2 Oct 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0230736238
  • ISBN-13: 978-0230736238
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.2 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (83 customer reviews)
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`Sansom's evocation of 16th century London amidst the turmoil of the Reformation is compelling' --The Observer

The fourth in a vividly imagined series about a good lawyer in Henry VIII's bad and dangerous times.'
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'In all the outpourings about the Tudors, no one gives as believable a picture of turbulence and economic revolution.' --Sarah Hogg - Books of the Year, Managemant Today

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'Sansom's...narrative's tingling intrigues will have you hooked from first page to last'


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220 of 240 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Shardlake back in action - but radical religion is the problem at every turn, 8 April 2008
By Mark Meynell "quaesitor" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Revelation (Shardlake) (Hardcover)
Having thought that Shardlake hung up his detecting laurels after the traumas of the last book (Sovereign), we thought we had seen the last of him. But his reappearance has got hearts racing and excitement levels raised - because Sansom is undoubtedly a great thriller writer - with an incredible eye for historical detail and nuances to boot. What more could you want in an historical novel. As Colin Dexter said in his review of the earlier books, Sansom makes the past feel like the present.

This book drags Shardlake, Barak & Guy into a grizzly world of a religious fanatic serial killer who is driven by a scary misreading of the Book of Revelation. These three are modern heroes - they are our guides in a world that is at one level so alien from ours (with the twists and turns of religious battles affecting the lives of countless mortals, from London butchers caught selling meat during Lent to the priggish hypocrisy of reformist clergy dominating the lives of their parishioners); and yet as Sansom mentions in his afterword, one which bears uncomfortable resonances in to our era, intimidated as it is by the terrorism and implacable hatred of zealots.

I suppose as someone who is a Christian, and who is equally horrified by the lengths people's principles enable them to go, I am disappointed that there are few sympathetic characters in London's religious world. Perhaps that is accurate. Cranmer is the only one who seems really to draw our empathy in this murky world - forced daily, even hourly, to exist in the tension between principle and pragmatism.

But that is not so much a criticism of the book as an observation - because historical novels tend to say more about the era in which they are written than the period they describe. And that is very much the spirit of the age. It doesn't detract from the book, though. It was gripping as ever - and investigates some serious problems and questions - such as the nature of madness, the cruelties of those in power, the absurdities of a monarch's marital whims causing societal earthquakes. But above all - this is all weaved into a great story. And that is what makes Sansom such a satisfying writer. Let's hope Shardlake returns for more! And that they don't go and ruin it by trying to make a TV series of them all, and thus obliterate all the skillful complexities!
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54 of 62 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars History is the new black, 13 Oct 2008
Revelation is set at the time and backdrop of when Henry VIII is trying to get Catherine Parr to be his sixth wife. In essence it is a fast paced thriller with a number of intriguing sub-plots that kind of takes a modern day subject of serial killers and murder and transposes it into a sixteenth century / Tudor world. At times the characters seem very modern but this may be intentional in bringing past and present together. I love the current trend of history based novels having just read the very passable Full Story Inside and I am currently halfway through the glorious Azincourt
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98 of 114 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Man's Eternal Folly: the "...corruption of our leaders" Ch 4, 31 Mar 2008
This review is from: Revelation (Shardlake) (Hardcover)
I've only recently discovered the real treasure of being able to immerse oneself in the 16th century world of Matthew Shardlake and what fascinates me about Sansom's magnificent achievement is his evocation of a society which truly senses it is out of control following the destruction of the monasteries during King Henry's reign of greed and terror.
Shardlake and characters like Guy Malton are the beacons of logic and light in a London which still believes in demonic darkness. Yes, this is a cracking character-based murder mystery which could sit comfortably alongside anything written by P.D. James and much of Ruth Rendell but, for me, the real heart of the Sharldlake series (and Revelation certainly doesn't disappoint!) is the writer's ability to dig deep into the dark motives that have always urged men to do what they feel they must in order to gain fulfilment. In relation to the religious fanaticism that pervades Sharlake's time, one is tempted to scoff from our so-called safe position nearly five hundred years on but we know it's not that black and white.
That's a big part of the joy of Sansom's series: we are made aware that life has always been chaotic and that "...our leaders" will always be driven by avarice and self-preservation.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
The last book (so far) in the series about Matthew Shardlake, the Tudor lawyer turned detective, is just as good as the others (Dissolution, Sovreign and Dark Fire) - you can... Read more
Published 14 days ago by A. K. Bossom

5.0 out of 5 stars delighted
Having read each of the previos 3 novels ,I was afraid Revelation would be a disappointment ! i need not have been Very difficult to put down ! Read more
Published 15 days ago by C. Moffat

5.0 out of 5 stars Shardlake is addictive...
Another masterpiece of Tudor detective work ensures that Matthew Shardlake, C J Sansom's compelling yet self deprecating hero, retains his place as one of the best ever historical... Read more
Published 18 days ago by Sally J Ryder

3.0 out of 5 stars One for the Fans
I quite liked it, I didn't bother to read the 5 star (fan) reviews because it's not a 5 star book to a non fan. I picked it because it was 3. Read more
Published 20 days ago by miss waspy

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful
I have only just discovered this author - where has he been?
Absolutely brilliant, couldn't put it down!
Got to read more like this
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Published 21 days ago by Mrs. R. M. Stone

5.0 out of 5 stars Shardlake strikes again
Another well written book by a first class author. Puts you off reading the usual drivel.
Published 28 days ago by nickcc

5.0 out of 5 stars B rilliant!
I love this book. Equally as good as the first three. Wish there were more!!
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. S. TAYLOR

3.0 out of 5 stars Great history, poor who-dunnit
As an insight into life in London in the 16th century, this is great - the idea that a journey from Bank to Holborn would pass through open farmland is amazing! Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mike Bostock

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic from cover to cover
I wont write a long review like the others, they seem to have coverd it well. I will just say all of the series is fantastic, i loved every word on every page. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. L. J. Gladwell

5.0 out of 5 stars A superb read

This is the fourth book in the Shardlake series, and it is better than ever. The plot is intricate and absorbing, and the story unrelenting. Read more
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