Revelation (The Shardlake series, 4)

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In this fourth instalment of the Matthew Shardlake series, our window is into 1543 London. Henry VIII is courting Catherine Parr, the Parliament has brought in controversial anti-reformist legislation - the legislation that includes prohibiting women and the working classes from reading the bible – and religious radicals and conservatives are pulling apart the cultural and social fabric of the city. U "Otkrivenju", između ostaloga, istražujemo vjerski fanatizam i ludilo te shvaćanje istoga u 16. stoljeću. Tu je serijski ubojica koji se opasno približava kraljevskom krugu, a cijeli slučaj potrebno je riješiti tako da kralj uopće ne sazna za to. Mucha intriga religiosa y política y menos trama legal, lo que aligera la obra con respecto a otras anteriores. Running parallel to these killings is the story of a young man, Adam Kite. His peculiar and desperate behaviour having landed him in The Bedlam, Shardlake is appointed to the boys case and he must solve the riddle of this young man's mind before the conservative powers would have him burned or some such other grisly fate. Shardlake notices something peculiar about the victims. Although they have been tortured in horrendous ways, they all have peaceful facial expressions. Shardlake reasons that they were either murdered before being mutilated or, more likely, the murderer gave them a sedative before torturing them. This makes everyone question what kind of murderer would do such a thing, and why.

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All across the USA, people are showing up dead. The deaths don't appear to be connected in any way until one particular death occurs and gets the Secretary of Defense's attention. He arranges for a task force to investigate. Brought up in the city of Edinburgh, Soctland, C.J. Sansom was born in 1952, an upbringing which helped inspire much his career that was to come. Gaining strong academic credentials over the years as well, he’s also managed to make a name for himself with his keen penchant for accuracy within his work. Not only that but he’s also benefited from a number of other previous positions in the past as well. Graduating from the University of Birmingham, he managed to gain both a B.A. and a P.H.D. in the subject of history. Over the years this has also helped to give his material a level of research unsurpassed by other writers throughout his career. After graduating though, he went on to do a number of other jobs before settling down as a full-time writer.

Another element of this novel is Shardlake’s interaction with his client Adam Kite who is a patient at the Bedlam insane asylum. Although we do not know what these kind of facilities were like during the Tudor times, Sansom’s descriptions of mental illness and how people were treated is so believable that you forget that it is fiction. The way that Sansom blends religious radicalism, politics, mental illness, innovations in science, and murder in this novel is nothing short of ingenious. That is Sansom’s true strength as an author. He can create such a believable Tudor world that you never want to leave. There were points in this novel where I questioned whether Shardlake, Barak, and Guy would survive this entire ordeal. Sansom kept me on the edge of my seat throughout this entire novel. The Bedlam Hospital that appears in Revelation is no figment of the author’s imagination. It is fashioned after what is perhaps the oldest hospital for the mentally ill in the Western world, Bethlem Hospital in London. Bethlem has also gone by the name Bedlam, the root of the modern English word bedlam, meaning "uproarious confusion." Open at first to small groups of patients in the 1300s, Bethlem hospital was long the only hospital in Britain for the mentally ill. The wealthy families who could afford to have patients confined and "treated" unwittingly (or wittingly) subjected their loved ones to cruel and inhumane conditions. 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.” Terror stalks Tudor London in this latest pungently atmospheric novel from the master of the historical murder mystery., Sunday Times Culture So Shardlake begins his investigation, and as he does, he realises that these grisly murders are linked, and have a pattern that brings a chill to his heart. The race is on to find this murderer, before he kills again, but he is always one step ahead and is following Shardlake and his assistant Barak.

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Spring, 1543. King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife. But this time the object of his affections is resisting. Archbishop Cranmer and the embattled Protestant faction at court are watching keenly, for Lady Catherine is known to have reformist sympathies. As a confirmed Sansom addict, I now believe that the four Shardlake novels show an admirable progression. Revelation crowns a notable achievement. Para mi gusto es el libro con la trama mejor conseguida, lo que unido a la gran ambientación apuntalan sobradamente las 5 Estrellas. C. J. Sansom's bestselling adventures of Matthew Shardlake continue in the fourth title of the series, the haunting Revelation.The other great appeal of these books, apart from the cast of regular characters, is the richness of Sansom's historical research. He has a doctorate in history and a previous career as a lawyer, but wears his considerable expertise lightly. He also achieves the rare alchemy of combining characters who are sympathetically modern in their psychology with a setting that is authentically historical. He leads us through 16th-century London as confidently as if he lived there himself and even without the helpful endpaper maps, the reader can immediately visualise the muddy streets, the marshes along the South Bank and the ancient City walls. It is the end of winter in 1543 and Henry is wooing Catherine Parr with the intention of making her his sixth wife. This is not popular with Archbishop Cramer as Parr is known to have sympathies to the reformist agenda. Originally published in April, 2003, this was to be the book that began the Matthew Shardlake series. Setting up the environment for this collection of historical mystery novels, it helped establish the tone and the period. In 2012 it also saw a radio dramatization on BBC4, as it was adapted for a well received radio-play.

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Archbishop Cranmer asks Shardlake to conduct a secret investigation: no word of the bloodshed must reach the King as one of the dead men was close to Catherine Parr, Henry’s latest romantic obsession and (like Cranmer) a supporter of religious reform. I will be honest. When I saw that this book was dealing with elements of the book of Revelation, I was a bit nervous. I thought it was going to be extremely dark and so apocalyptic that I would not enjoy it. However, Sansom proved that he could make a thriller and still keep the characters that I have come to love and enjoy just as engaging and real to me as they have been in the previous novels. You can never judge a novel by its title, you have to read the book to understand the author’s motive behind their title choice. The way every killing seems to be planned to show us the killer is cleverer than we are. He presents them to us like trophies.’” The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, features as the authority to whom Shardlake reports and who supplies or commandeers the necessary manpower. Another great instalment in one of my favourite series. It’s so sad I hear literally no one talk about these. Anyone who’s a fan of Tudor England and mysteries will adore them. There so well written and keep you interested throughout, despite the length of the novels.zealots abound within both religions, and tolerance is in short supply. When Shardlake's good friend is found murdered, his body dumped in a public fountain, this angry barrister promises to find the killer. As subsequent bizarre murders occur, Mathew realizes a prophecy of 7 vials of poison foretold in the Biblical book of Revelations is being reenacted, perhaps a serial killer before the term was known. Along with searching for answers, Shardlake is trying to help a young religious extremist who has been imprisioned in Bedlam Hospital and is in danger of being burned at the stake. Helping the poor and less fortunate is something this lawyer feels passionate about; at that time, London had a vast number of unfortunates.

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First published on the 25th of October. 2012, this was to be a major standalone novel from C.J. Sansom. Utilizing his ever expansive historical knowledge once more, it this time concerns itself with an alternate telling of the events following the second world war. Establishing a somewhat darker tone to what he had previously, it manages to convey some grander ideas and themes overall. Meanwhile, the political landscape of Tudor England is slowly changing. In 1543, King Henry VIII has recently executed his fifth wife, the young Catherine Howard. He is already on the lookout for his sixth wife, and he has set his sights on Lady Catherine Parr. Catherine has no interest in the king. He is ill and obese, covered in ulcers from lying around all the time. However, Catherine’s own supporters want her to marry him. She is a Reformer, supporting the growing Protestant religion. Her supporters know that she can further the Protestant religion if she is in power. Mechler, Anita (10 February 2022). "CJ Sansom Wins Diamond Dagger Award". Library Journal . Retrieved 19 January 2023. Sansom also said that he plans to write further Shardlake novels taking the lawyer into the reign of Elizabeth I. [2]

Lamentation - C. J. Sansom - 9781447260257". Archived from the original on 14 September 2014 . Retrieved 14 September 2014. Dissolution was adapted in 10 episodes for BBC Radio 4 in September 2012, and Revelation in March 2017. I’m sure many Anglicans and Episcopalians are not aware he was the founder of their church. Catholics are still forbidden, but now Cromwell’s spreading Bibles everywhere is frowned upon, and people are being burned and tortured if they’re in the wrong camp. 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.