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The Confessions Of Brother Haluin

15

Ellis Peters author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group

Published:5th Apr '01

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The Confessions Of Brother Haluin cover

In his fifteenth chronicle Brother Cadfael is witness to a shocking near-death confession and accompanies a fellow Benedictine on a dangerous quest for redemption.

In the winter of 1142, snow blankets the Bendictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul causing damage to the guest hall, and the brothers must repair its roof before the danger worsens. The treacherously icy conditions are to prove nigh fatal for Brother Haulin when he slips from the roof in a terrible fall, sustaining such grave injuries that he makes his deathbed confession to the Abbot and Brother Cadfael. A startling story of trespasses hard for God or man to forgive emerges. But Haulin does not die. On his recovery, he sets out on a journey of expiation, with Cadfael as his sole companion. An arduous trip, it leads to horrifying discoveries, and to murder...

Gripping and knowledgeable * The Spectator *

ISBN: 9780751511154

Dimensions: 177mm x 121mm x 14mm

Weight: 112g

208 pages