The Heretic's Apprentice

E-140: Mysterious Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Mysterious Press, New York. 1990. 196 pgs. Illustrated with maps. Signed by Ellis Peters on the title page. The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael: Book 16. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards very lightly rubbed and worn. Charges of heresy and murder are complicated by the contents of a mysterious treasure chest. In the summer of 1143, William of Lythwood arrives at the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul, but it is not a joyous occasion—he’s come back from his pilgrimage in a coffin. William’s body is accompanied by his young attendant Elave, whose mission is to secure a burial place for his master on the abbey grounds, despite William’s having once been reprimanded for heretical views. An already difficult task is complicated when Elave drunkenly expresses his own heretical opinions, and capital charges are filed. When a violent death follows, Sheriff Hugh Beringar taps his friend Brother Cadfael for help. The mystery that unfolds grows deeper thanks to a mysterious and marvelous treasure chest in Elave’s care. E-140; Brother Cadfael; 8.6 X 5.6 X 0.8 inches; 196 pages; Signed by Author .