The Sanctuary Sparrow
  • Published:
    Oct-1983 (Hardcover)
    Oct-1984 (Paperback)
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  • Main Genre:
    Historical Mystery
  • Time Period:
    Medieval (1000-1400)
  • Setting:
    England
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When Liliwin, a poor birdlike young minstrel, reaches the monastery of St. Peter and St. Paul only a few steps ahead of a wildly angry mob, the brothers offer him forty days' sanctuary. Then Brother Cadfael, herbalist and amateur detective, learns that Liliwin's accusers want to hang him for a crime he swears he never committed... and Cadfael begins to investigate.

First on his list are the Aurifabers, who had hired Liliwin to perform at young Daniel Aurifaber's wedding. A family of goldsmiths, they are firmly united in accusing Lliwin of robbing their strongbox. But Cadfael digs deeper and discovers that what divides the family--greed, betrayal, revenge; and murder--is stronger still....

With little proof but much faith on his side, the kindly Cadfael is determined to solve this delightfully twisted mystery.
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    •  
    • Oct-1984
    • Fawcett
    • Mass Market Paperback
    • ISBN: 0449206130
    • ISBN13: 9780449206133
    •  
    • Jan-1995
    • Warner
    • Mass Market Paperback
    • ISBN: 0751511072
    • ISBN13: 9780751511079
    •  
    • Jan-1995
    • Mysterious Press
    • Mass Market Paperback
    • ISBN: 0446404292
    • ISBN13: 9780446404297
    •  
    • Jan-1999
    • Little, Brown
    • Mass Market Paperback
    • ISBN: 0751502170
    • ISBN13: 9780751502176
    •  
    • Apr-2012
    • Sphere (UK)
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0751547085
    • ISBN13: 9780751547085
    •  
    • Aug-2021
    • Mysterious Press
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1504067509
    • ISBN13: 9781504067508
    • First Edition
    • Oct-1983
    • William Morrow
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0688022529
    • ISBN13: 9780688022525
    •  
    • Aug-2014
    • Mysterious Press
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1497671256
    • ISBN13: 9781497671256
    •  
    • Aug-2014
    • Mysterious Press
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Apr-1992
    • Chivers Audio Books
    • Audio Cassette
    • ISBN: 0745161952
    • ISBN13: 9780745161952
    •  
    • Dec-1997
    • Chivers Audio Books
    • Audio Cassette
    • ISBN: 0754075087
    • ISBN13: 9780754075080
    •  
    • Dec-1999
    • Blackstone Audio, Inc.
    • Audible
    •  
    • Jan-2000
    • Blackstone Audiobooks
    • Audio Cassette
    • ISBN: 0786112697
    • ISBN13: 9780786112692
    •  
    • Jun-1985
    • Ulverscroft Large Print
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0708912885
    • ISBN13: 9780708912881
    • Large Print
    •  
    • Jan-1999
    • Thorndike Press
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0786215992
    • ISBN13: 9780786215997
    • Large Print



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