description: 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 evidentally learned scepticism. After he drunkenly expresses heretical opinions, the mighty prelate Gerbert brings capital charges against him. The beautiful Fortunata, whom Elave adores, becoms 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 Beringar, the sherriff. Cadfael's new task is twofold- there are charges of heresy to be rebutted as well as a murder to be solved...
language: English
title: The Heretic's Apprentice
titlecomplete: The Heretic's Apprentice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #16)
characters: Brother Winfrid, Hugh Beringar, Brother Jerome, Brother Cadfael, Abbot Radulfus, Prior Robert Pennant, Cynric the Verger
genres: Fiction, Historical, 12th Century, Mystery, British Literature, Detective, Historical Mystery, Medieval, Historical Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 5739
places: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
series: Chronicles of Brother Cadfael
publisher: Warner Futura