The Holy Thief
By: Ellis Peters.
Edition: Mysterious Press Edition
Publisher: Mysterious Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780446403634
Copyright date: 1992
Subjects: Winifred, -- Saint -- Fiction; Cadfael, Brother (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Monks -- England -- Shrewsbury -- Fiction; Great Britain -- History -- Stephen, 1135-1154 -- Fiction; Shrewsbury (England) -- History -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
First sentence: In the height of a hot summer, in late August of 1144, Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex, defferred to the heat of the sun, and made the final, fatal mistake of his long and opportunist career.