The award-winning, No. 1 bestselling Shardlake series has won millions of fans worldwide. Whilst each book is a thrilling crime mystery, it is the books’ ability to conjure up the sights, smells and sounds of the Tudor period that has garnered praise from critics and fans alike. Revelation, the fourth book in the series is set in 1543 – King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife but amidst the machinations at court a serial killer is on the loose in London and once again the lawyer Shardlake must bring the killer to justice ….

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Pan Macmillan publishers, in cooperation with HistoryNet.com and British Heritage magazine, present an extract from Revelation, the latest Shardlake novel, which was a No. 1 bestseller in hardback. Click here to read the excerpt from Revelation, the latest  in C. J. Sansom’s popular series of mysteries set in Tudor England.

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Ten lucky mystery fans will win a free copy courtesy of Pan Macmillan! Simply click here to email your answers to the questions below for your chance to win a copy of Revelation. Ten winners will be selected at random after May 31 from those submitting the correct answers.

 1. Who was Henry VIII’s last wife, buried in the chapel at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe?

A. Anne of Cleaves
B. Catherine Howard
C. Catherine Parr

2. Henry VIII’s beautiful Leeds Castle at Maidstone, Kent, once belonged to his paternal great-grandmother. What was her name?

A. Margaret Beaufort
B. Catherine de Valois
C. Eleanor of Aquitane

3. How many generations of Tudor monarchs occupied England’s throne?

A. Three
B. Four
C. Five

Pan Macmillan is offering an exclusive 20% discount on Revelation to readers of HistoryNet. Simply enter the discount code CJ at the Panmacmillan.com checkout before you buy. Discount applies only to copies of Revelaton, ordered between May 1–31,  2009.

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