Revelation (The Shardlake series, 4)

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Tal vez sea porque me ha pillado una mala época, primero vacaciones y luego estuve enfermo, pero lo cierto es que no terminé de disfrutar esta novela como las anteriores. Quiero decir, gustarme me ha gustado, pero no ha llegado al punto de enganche de no retorno en el cual solo quieres leer y leer. Ellen Fettiplace – a woman who came originally from a small town in Sussex, she had been living in Bedlam, a lunatic asylum in London, for nearly two decades

Revelation by C.J. Sansom: Summary and reviews - BookBrowse Revelation by C.J. Sansom: Summary and reviews - BookBrowse

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. His search leads him to both Cranmer and Catherine Parr – and to the dark prophecies of the Book of Revelation.King Henry VIII is about to begin his breathtaking Progress to the North to attend an extravagant submission of his rebellious subjects in York. Historical mysteries are all the rage, but Sansom’s are in a class of their own. His sheer narrative skill is matchless. -- Simon Shaw, Mail on Sunday

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We have 6 read-alikes for Revelation, but non-members are limited to two results. To see the complete list of this book's read-alikes, you need to be a member. With all hope seemingly lost, Thomas Cromwell—the king's chief minister—adds Shardlake two more weeks to prove the girl’s innocence, but only if he takes up a new assignment.

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Cromwell is gone, King Henry is past his prime, but havoc, fear, and intrigue remain. As Henry pursues the reluctant Catherine Parr to become his 6th wife, religious turmoil continues. Dangerous But I sat transfixed by what was, for me, a double horror. The first was the great gaping wound in the man’s throat, red against the dead-white skin and stretching almost from ear to ear. The second was the face.”