The Leper of Saint Giles

Brother Cadfael sets out to visit the Saint Giles leper colony outside Shrewsbury, knowing that a grand wedding is due to take place at the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. As he arrives at Saint Giles the nuptial party passes the colony's gates. He sees the fragile bride, looking like a prisoner between her two stern guardians, and the groom, an arrogant, fleshy aristocrat old enough to be her grandfather. With his usual astuteness he suspects that this union may be more damned than blessed. He is horrifically proved right when a savage murder disrupts the May-December marriage leaving Brother Cadfael with a dark and terrible mystery to solve. For the key to the killing - and a secret - are hidden among the lepers of Saint Giles and Brother Cadfael's skills must diagnose a sickness, not of the body, but of a twisted soul.

ISBN 0751547123   Weight (grammes) 232 ISBN13 9780751547122 (What's this?)   Published in London Publisher Little, Brown Book Group   Series title Cadfael Chronicles Imprint Sphere   Previous ISBN 9780751511055 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 197 Publication date 06 Oct 2011   Width (mm) 127 DEWEY 823.912   Spine width (mm) 20 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General Pages 320

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