The Leper's Companions

Julia Blackburn


About a village in Suffolk or Norfolk. Starts with a modern woman who lost someone she loved sitting in the village and then going back in time. The book goes into the story set in 1410 and ends up back in modern times. It would be better without this device. A good story, very physical, full of smells and death and makes you conscious of how close death was in those times. The leper is on the periphery but ends up leading the group on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Caroline 28/10/01

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