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In the Spring of 1277, Prioress Eleanor goes on a pilgrimage to a famous East Anglian shrine.

A nun and a monk defy death and dishonor at her family’s Welsh fortress. In the winter of 1271, Death stalks the corridors of Wynethorpe Castle on the Welsh border.

It is May of 1272, and Prioress Eleanor, recovering from a near-fatal winter fever, returns to Amesbury Priory to visit her aunt in time for the Feast of Saint Melor.

When one of her company falls ill on a return journey to Tyndal, Prioress Eleanor accepts lodging at a nearby manor.

In the late summer of 1274, King Edward has finally been anointed England’s ruler, and his queen contemplates a pilgrimage in gratitude for their safe return from Outremer, a journey that will incl

It is late summer in the year 1270 and England is as weary as its aging king, Henry III. Although the Simon de Montfort rebellion is over, the smell of death still hangs like smoke over the land.

The murder victim, a newcomer, was disliked in Tyndal village, and no one wants one of their own hanged for the deed.

The summer of 1273 is peaceful for most of England, except in the village of Tyndal where Martin the cooper has been poisoned at the local inn.

As the autumn storms of 1271 ravage the East Anglian coast, Crowner Ralf finds the corpse of a brutally murdered soldier in the woods near Tyndal Priory.

When Baron Herbert returns from crusade he grows increasingly morose and withdraws from his family.