num_pages: 363
description: 1242. On a dark night travelers from across France cross paths at an inn and begin to tell stories of three children. Their adventures take them on a chase through France: they are taken captive by knights sit alongside a king and save the land from a farting dragon. On the run to escape prejudice and persecution and save precious and holy texts from being burned their quest drives them forward to a final showdown at Mont Saint-Michel where all will come to question if these children can perform the miracles of saints. Join William an oblate on a mission from his monastery; Jacob a Jewish boy who has fled his burning village; and Jeanne a peasant girl who hides her prophetic visions. They are accompanied by Jeanne's loyal greyhound Gwenforte . . . recently brought back from the dead. Told in multiple voices in a style reminiscent of The Canterbury Tales our narrator collects their stories and the saga of these three unlikely allies begins to come together.
language: English
title: The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers