Revelation

About “Revelation”

In Revelation, the third novel in the Shardlake series, the year is 1543, and King Henry VIII is pursuing Lady Catherine Parr, a woman who supports religious reform. This causes tension with Archbishop Cranmer and the Protestant faction at court. Matthew Shardlake is defending a teenage boy held at Bedlam, a hospital for the insane. When an old friend is murdered, Shardlake investigates and uncovers a series of brutal killings. His search takes him back to Bedlam and involves Catherine Parr, as well as the ominous themes of the Book of Revelation. As Bishop Bonner plans to purge London of Protestants, Shardlake and his assistant, Jack Barak, face terrifying discoveries. Revelation is praised as the strongest book in the series.