The Shroud is an interesting combination of historical and mystical fiction. George Bachman apparently researched sixteenth century England thoroughly. I read the Kindle version. It gave me the opportunity to highlight names of people and groups, so I could check their Wikipedia entries.
Bachman also gives us an occult side from that era, through the perceived powers of the Shroud and the appearance of characters such as a cherub who arrives from out of a mirror, “as if through a window.”
The core of The Shroud's plot is the desire for multiple groups to possess the real Shroud of Turin. It exists and so do the groups who are trying to steal it. But there are several fakes. The thieves represent interests such as Pope Sixtus V, Queen Elizabeth the First, and “Philip, king of Spain and Portugal and rightful ruler of England.”
This is a novel I would recommend to people who have an interest in the history of sixteenth century England, but also enjoy stories with mysticism.
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