![]() ![]() (For those wishing to retrace Shardlake's footsteps the first three books are Dissolution, Dark Fire and Sovereign). With respect to those fine productions, however, nobody does the Tudors like Sansom a former lawyer who is resetting the standards for historical fiction with this series. The viewing public has been awakened to the dramatic potential and historical intrigue of the Tudors by the eponymous series aired by the BBC to popular acclaim late in 2007 while Cate Blanchett's revival of Elizabeth will have stoked that particular fire. Hot on the heels of the spectacular success of his Spanish Civil war novel, Winter in Madrid, and the growing popularity of his Tudor detective series comes a novel so good, so atmospheric, so engaging, I can still feel the disappointment of having finished it a full week after reaching The End.Īnd what better time to launch the fourth installment of the Matthew Shardlake series, Revelation. ![]()
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