The Confessions Of Brother Haluin : 15

Author: Peters, Ellis

Crime & mystery

Published on 5 April 2001 by Little, Brown Book Group (Sphere) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Cadfael Chronicles' series.

Paperback | 208 pages
178 x 109 x 14 | 114g

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...