Spine slightly slanted, slightly creased, corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy. ; The Sixteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. ; Brother Cadfael; 5�" - 6�" Tall; 250 pages; "In the summer of 1143, William of Lythwood returns to Shrewsbury in a coffin. . . his pilgrimage at last at an end. William s young attendant, Elave, accompanies the body and sets about trying to secure a burial place on the grounds of the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, despite William s once having been reproved for heretical views. Elave, too, has evidently learned skepticism. After he drunkenly expresses heretical opinions, the mighty prelate Gerbert brings capital charges against him. The beautiful Fortunata, whom Elave adores, becomes a reluctant witness for the prosecution. When violent death follows, Brother Cadfael is once again called from his herbiary to aid his old friend Hugh Beringer, the sheriff. Cadfael s new task is twofold there are charges of heresy to be rebutted as well as a murder to be solved.".

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Heretic's Apprentice (The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #16)

Publisher

Mysterious Press, New York

Publication Date

1991

Language

English

ISBN 10

0446400009

ISBN 13

9780446400008

Binding

Mass Market Paperback

Illustrator

Illustrated by Bascove (cover)

Edition

Sixth Printing.

Condition

Good+

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Synopsis

When he comes to the aid of his old friend, Sheriff Hugh Beringar, twelfth-century sleuth Brother Cadfael becomes embroiled in a case involving a mysterious treasure, murder, and charges of heresy

Review

Brother Cadfael at his best. ( PUBLISHERS WEEKLY)

Each addition to the series is a joy. Long may the chronicles continue. ( USA TODAY)

The marvellous sense of time and place carries everyone along...Cadfael at odd moments resembles Travis McGee in a cassock. ( CHICAGO TRIBUNE)

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