The future of Catherine's relatives is also at stake: Jews surviving on the tolerance of King Louis VII. Their fragile existence is shattered when a man is murdered, and a deeply important relic - the arm of Saint Aldhelm of England - is stolen.
Sharan Newman is a medieval historian and author. After taking her Master's degree in
Medieval Literature at Michigan State University, she completed her doctoral work at the University of California at Santa Barbara in Medieval Studies, specialising in 12th century France. She is a member of the Medieval Academy and the Medieval Association of the Pacific. She lives in Oregon.
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