Ellis Peters
The Sanctuary Sparrow
Macmillan 1983
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In 1140 AD Brother Cadfael, gardener to the Benedictine monastery of . Shrewsbury, encounters sudden drama within the walls of ""he monastery itself. In the nig i, a young man, pursued by a lynching mob who accuse him of robbery and murder, reaches the protection of the monastery walls just in time to save his own life - and to claim sanctuary. It is an obligation of the church to protect him for forty days before he is handed over to the law. |