El Gorrion del Santuario (El monje detective Fray Cadfael #7) - The Sanctuary Sparrow : The Seventh Chronicle of Brother Cadfael

Ellis Peters, Edith Mary Pargeter, Edith Pargeter

[Barcelona] Debolsillo

2001

320 páginas

10h 40m

ISBN-10: 8484508714

Espanhol

En el monasterio todo transcurre con tranquilidad hasta que durante los oficios religiosos un joven irrumpe en la iglesia interrumpiendo los oficios y causando un gran asombro. A este joven lo persiguen un grupo de exaltados que lo acusan de horribles crímenes que parece increíble que pudiese haber realizado. Por extraño que parezca fray Cadfael le cree y se dedica a intentar descubrir la verdad para intentar demostrar que es inocente a riesgo de su propia vida.

Fray Cadfael deberá enfrentarse a un extraño caso en el que un músico es acusado de un falso asesinato. Los oficios religiosos de Shrewsbury se ven interrumpidos por una turba de exaltados que persigue a Liliwin, un joven músico a quien acusan de espantosos crímenes. Cuando este pide protección y refugio a la abadía, donde deberá permanecer cual gorrión en una jaula, fray Cadfael se decide a probar su inocencia. La investigación dará un giro inesperado tras descubrir que la supuesta víctima de Liliwin sigue c on vida... Este nuevo caso enfrentará al monje detective a las pasiones más oscuras del alma humana, donde ningún crimen es tan cruel como el que se comete por amor desesperado.

Medieval monk Brother Cadfael races to save a young man he believes is falsely accused of robbery—in the Silver Dagger Award–winning mystery series.In the gentle Shrewsbury spring of 1140, the midnight matins at the Benedictine abbey suddenly reverberate with an unholy sound—a hunt in full cry. Pursued by a drunken mob, the quarry is running for its life. When the frantic creature bursts into the nave to claim sanctuary, Brother Cadfael finds himself fighting off armed townsmen to save a terrified young man.Liliwin, a wandering minstrel who performed at the wedding of a local goldsmith’s son, has been accused of robbery and murder. The cold light of morning, however, will show his supposed victim, the miserly craftsman, still lives, although a strongbox lies empty. Brother Cadfael believes Liliwin is innocent, but finding the truth and the treasure before Liliwin’s respite in sanctuary runs out may uncover a deadlier sin than thievery—a desperate love that nothing, not even the threat of hanging, can stop.

On a spring evening in 1140 Shrewsbury, the midnight matins at the Benedictine abbey suddenly reverberate with an unholy sound--a hunt in full cry. Pursued by a drunken mob, the quarry is running for its life. When the frantic creature bursts in to claim sanctuary, Brother Cadfael finds himself fighting off armed townsmen to save a terrified young man.

Accused of robbery and murder is Liliwin, a wandering minstrel who performed at the wedding of a local goldsmith's son. The cold light of morning, however, will show his supposed victim still lives, although a strongbox lies empty. Brother Cadfael believes Liliwin is innocent, but finding the truth and the treasure before Liliwin's respite in sanctuary runs out may uncover a deadlier sin than thievery--a desperate love that not even the threat of hanging can stop.

This finely written tale is another gem from the master of medieval intrigue.