The Heretic's Apprentice By
Ellis Peters 
 
In the summer of 1143, William of Lythwood returns to Shrewsbury in a coffin...his pilgrimage at last at an end. William's youn attendant, Elave, accompanies the body and sets about trying to secure a burial place on the grounds of the Abbey of St. Peters and St. Paul, despite William's onc having been reproved for "heretical views."