Description

Series: Book 5 in the Cadfael series

Rating: Not rated

Tags: Mystery, Lang:en

Summary

A marriage has been arranged, by greedy guardians, between an ageing nobleman and a very young woman. As both parties arrive in Shrewsbury for the ceremony there is a savage killing and Borther Cadfael is called upon to investigate. Outside Shrewsbury's walls stands the leper house of Saint Giles, a sanctuary for the sick, but also a possible refuge for the hunted man...