The heretic's apprentice
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- ISBN: 9781497671508 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1497671507 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource (257 pages) - Publisher: [New York] : MysteriousPress.com/Open Road, 2014.
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- Open Road MediaCharges of heresy and murder are complicated by the contents of a mysterious treasure chest
In the summer of 1143, William of Lythwood arrives at the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul, but it is not a joyous occasionâheâs come back from his pilgrimage in a coffin. Williamâs body is accompanied by his young attendant Elave, whose mission is to secure a burial place for his master on the abbey grounds, despite Williamâs having once been reprimanded for heretical views.
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An already difficult task is complicated when Elave drunkenly expresses his own heretical opinions, and capital charges are filed. When a violent death follows, Sheriff Hugh Beringar taps his friend Brother Cadfael for help. The mystery that unfolds grows deeper thanks to a mysterious and marvelous treasure chest in Elaveâs care.Â