Cotton Malone · Book 4

The Charlemagne Pursuit

Published
1 January 2008
Pages
548
ISBN-13
9780345509635
Type
novel
Cover of The Charlemagne Pursuit

About this book

The Charlemagne Pursuit, published in 2008 at 548 pages, is a novel by Steve Berry. It is book #4 of Cotton Malone. The Venetian Betrayal precedes it, and The Paris Vendetta follows.

Key facts about The Charlemagne Pursuit

Steve Berry wrote The Charlemagne Pursuit, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2008. The book has 548 pages.

We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780345509635 to find the main one.

The Charlemagne Pursuit is book 4 of 23 in the Cotton Malone series. The series has 23 published books. However, the series starts with The Templar Legacy (2006). The Devil's Bible is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 17 February 2026.

Additionally, Steve Berry writes Cassiopeia Vitt Adventure as a separate series. Those series sit on our thriller and historical thriller shelves. Meanwhile, The Devil's Bible is the latest published Steve Berry book on file, from 17 February 2026.

About Steve Berry

Steve Berry is an American author of historical conspiracy thrillers, best known for the long-running Cotton Malone series, which follows a former U.S. Justice Department operative turned rare-book dealer in Copenhagen who is repeatedly drawn into international plots hinging on real historical mysteries and lost artifacts. See every Steve Berry book in order.

Its place in Cotton Malone

The Charlemagne Pursuit is book 4 in the Cotton Malone series. It follows The Venetian Betrayal. It is followed by The Paris Vendetta. See the full Cotton Malone reading order.

Cotton Malone is a former Justice Department covert operative (a 'Magellan Billet' agent) who retired to run an old bookshop in Copenhagen, only to keep getting pulled back into the field by his old boss Stephanie Nelle. Each novel sends him chasing a real historical mystery or lost treasure — the Knights Templar, the Library of Alexandria, Charlemagne's tomb, the Romanov dynasty, the Nazi underground, the founding-era secrets of the U.S. Constitution — and ties it to a present-day conspiracy involving…

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