The Sanctity of Hate, Priscilla Royal
The Sanctity of Hate, Priscilla Royal
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The Sanctity of Hate
A Medieval Mystery

Author: Priscilla Royal

Narrator: Wanda McCaddon

Unabridged: 6 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/04/2012

Synopsis

The summer of 1276 at Tyndal Priory is peacefuluntil Kenelms corpse is found floating in the millpond. When Brother Thomas concludes that the murder occurred on priory grounds, Prioress Eleanor and Crowner Ralf swiftly agree to help each other solve the crime. The murder victim, a newcomer, was disliked in Tyndal village, and no one there wants one of their own hanged for the deed. Fingers quickly point to a Jewish family, refugees under the relocation provisions of King Edwards Statute of Jewry. As riots loom and threats mount against the family, Eleanor and Ralf have little time before popular opinion rules the murder solved. Did Jacob ben Asser kill the man, or was it Gwydo, a new lay brother with an unknown past? These questions are difficult enough, but when Gytha, the prioress maid, joins the suspect list, the inquiry takes an even more troubling turn. Murder investigations are always grim, but this one grows as ominous as a North Sea storm. Once again, Prioress Eleanor jousts with the Prince of Darkness for the sake of justice, but this time even she wonders if unmasking the killer is a mission she wants to undertake.

About Priscilla Royal

Priscilla Royal grew up in British Columbia, earned a degree in world literature from San Francisco State University, and worked for the federal government in various positions. She is the author of the Medieval Mystery series featuring Eleanor, prioress of Tyndal, and she is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, California Writers Club, and Sisters in Crime.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Judith on November 02, 2012

Priscilla Royal has brought her fine historical and story-telling skills to a heartbreaking and complex period in medieval England: the treatment of Jews under Edward I. What I love best about Royal’s mysteries is their ability to hold me in captivated enjoyment while encompassing a subtle and nuanc......more

Goodreads review by Drogheda on March 08, 2021

The charms of the Middle Ages ... if that sounds like a contradiction in terms, it certainly is. The Cadfael novels of Ellis Peters starring his monk herbalist detective were gentle and humanizing, and Priscilla Royal goes the same route with these novels. The main sleuths are the prioress of the lo......more

Goodreads review by Woodstock on March 31, 2025

Another fine entry in this series. Author Royal probes the effect of antisemitism in medieval England. A small Jewish family has been evicted from their prior home and are heading to Norwich to join an existing community there. But the wife's pregnancy prevents them from traveling comfortably and sa......more

Goodreads review by Vicki on June 08, 2017

Prioress Eleanor et al are back at Tyndal Priory, which is where I like them. It's just too bad that murders happen when they're there. A man who's a paid bodyguard of sorts for a traveling Jewish family is killed, and the townsfolk are sure the Jews did it. The level of anti-Semitsm was really extr......more

Goodreads review by Nance Roepke on June 10, 2021

I really do like these books better when Eleanor, Anne and Thomas are outside The Priory solving mysteries. In this book, they are back in the Priory again. It was interesting to learn something of the treatment of Jews in England at that time. Actually, I thought it could have been even clearer the......more

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