Shardlake Revelation, CJ Sansom
Shardlake Revelation, CJ Sansom
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Shardlake: Revelation
BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

Author: CJ Sansom

Narrator: Jason Watkins, Mark Bonnar, Full Cast

Unabridged: 2 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/10/2017


Synopsis

Shardlake returns in this atmospheric BBC Radio 4 full-cast adaptation of the fourth novel in C. J. Sansom’s bestselling Tudor crime series.

Spring, 1543. London’s streets are filled with preachers; strange signs and portents are seen everywhere; and young men, maddened by differing interpretations of the Bible, are drawn into dangerous fundamentalism.

The family of one such man, Adam Kite, has sought help from lawyer Matthew Shardlake. Adam is suffering from religious mania, and is being held in Bedlam for his own safety. But Shardlake is distracted from the case when his friend Roger Elliard is found brutally murdered – the victim of a serial killer inspired by the Book of Revelation.

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.

With the help of trusty sidekick Barack, Shardlake embarks on his most dangerous investigation yet, as he tries to protect Adam and prevent the killer from fulfilling his unholy mission...

This thrilling fourth instalment of the 'Shardlake' series stars Justin Salinger as Shardlake, with Bryan Dick as Barak. Duration: 2 hours 10 mins approx.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on November 06, 2021

I don't read this mystery series primarily for the suspense, the 'who done it' aspect. C.J. Sansom makes the history of Tudor England come alive. Henry VIII, Cromwell, the religious upheaval, and the vivid descriptions of London and its inhabitants are what I love about the series. The twists and tu......more

Goodreads review by Justo on August 14, 2022

4.5/5 Estrellas Este autor no es una revelacion, pero el libro es una maravilla. Intriga histórica de 10, cómo nos tiene acostumbrados. Ambientación excepcional en los últimos años del reinado de Enrique VIII, 1543. El rey parece que está dando sus últimos coletazos, a nivel personal cortejando a la q......more

Goodreads review by PattyMacDotComma on July 11, 2020

4.5★ “The water under the ice was red, bright red. My heart began thumping painfully. By their short black robes, the two young men standing staring into the fountain were students. . . . ‘There’s – there’s a man in the fountain,’ he said in a trembling voice. The other student pointed at something s......more

Goodreads review by Mike on June 07, 2023

Just read that Sansom has been seriously ill for some years…thoughts and prayers. ‘We are all pawns in a political game…’ how true. Oh woe is me. I have now finished the Shardlake series ( yes finishing on a book read out of sequence as usual) and am now bereft. The stories set in the time of Henry VI......more