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Perfect for fans of HIlary Mantel and Philippa Gregory, C. J. Sansom's bestselling adventures of Matthew Shardlake continue in the fourth book, the haunting Revelation.

'When it comes to intriguing Tudor-based narratives, Hilary Mantel has a serious rival' - Sunday Times
'Sansom has the trick of writing an enthralling narrative.…

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Because it made you care about a whole range of characters, some noble, most of them not. It takes the reader into history and shows the past as more terrifying and vivid than we can know.

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