An Antic Disposition: A Medieval Mystery (Medieval Mysteries (St. Martins Hardcover))
by Alan Gordon
Category: Fiction

In 1204, with the Fools' Guild in hiding and under attack by the forces of Pope Innocent III, jesters Theophilos and Claudia are sent to enlist the help of a former guild member, the minstrel Folquet, now a Cistercian abbot, to intercede with the pope, but a gruesome murder at the abbey forces them into a race against time, to solve the killing or become forever outcasts. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.