The Sanctuary Sparrow
Book 7 of Chronicles of Brother Cadfael
Language: English
1135-1154 Brother (Fictitious c Brother (Fictitious character) Cadfael Catholics Crime English Mystery & Suspense Fiction Fiction General Great Britain Herbalists Historical History Monks Mystery Mystery & Detective Mystery & Detective - General Shrewsbury (England) Stephen Suspense
Publisher: W. Morrow
Published: Jan 1, 1983
Description:
On a cold night in A.D. 1140, Cadfael and the brothers of the Benedictine house of St. Peter and St. Paul are abruptly roused from sleep by the cries of a boy who reaches the protection of the monastery walls just in time to save his life from a lynch mob. An itinerant acrobat and jongleur, the boy, Liliwin, is accused of robbery and murder. But luckily for him it is the Church's obligation to give him sanctuary for forty days before he is consigned to the law. It is luckier still that Cadfael is unconvinced of the boy's guilt.