The Night of the Wolf av Cassandra Clark

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<p><b><i>The ruthless reign of Henry IV and the clerical tyranny of Archbishop Arundel keep Brother Chandler and his friends under constant threat in this gripping medieval mystery featuring friar-sleuth Rodric Chandler.</i></b><br><br><b>"Clark''s use of period detail is unparalleled, and the plot remains taut and brisk til the end" <i>Publishers Weekly</i> Starred Review</b><br><br><i>Chester, 1400</i>. Riding for his life, with a copy of Chaucer''s heretical Canterbury Tales in his possession, friar-sleuth Brother Chandler is ambushed on the road and wakes up in a stranger''s house.<br><br>Is his ''rescuer'', wool merchant John Willoughby, friend . . . or foe? Willoughby declares that he, like Chandler, has renounced the self-crowned King Henry IV and will help Chandler get his dangerous belongings to safety. He seems trustworthy, but Chandler knows that if he''s caught by the King''s merciless censors together with the Tales, he''ll be burned at the stake.<br><br>But then Willoughb