num_pages: 250
description: In the Summer of 1143, two visitors arrive at the gates of the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul bearing a corpse. But another violent death follows in their wake, and Brother Cadfael is called upon to investigate the connection between these two gory events.
language: English
title: The Heretic's Apprentice
titlecomplete: The Heretic's Apprentice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #16)
characters: Brother Jerome, Cynric the Verger, Hugh Beringar, Brother Winfrid, Abbot Radulfus, Brother Cadfael, Prior Robert Pennant
genres: Historical Mystery, British Literature, Historical, Mystery, Detective, Historical Fiction, 12th Century, Fiction, Medieval, Crime
ratings_count: 5736
places: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
series: Chronicles of Brother Cadfael
publisher: Mysterious Press