Keeper at the shrine
By: Domini Highsmith
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9780312131029
Subjects: Catholics; Fiction; Clergy; History
Description: In 1180, a church in York is visited by a hooded man who gives a priest a baby to raise. In return the priest is cured of his lameness. The novel traces the jealousy that this sparks among fellow priests, some ready to murder to further their career.