The Dragon of Handale is the fourth novel in Cassandra Clark's acclaimed mystery series set in the 14th century. What is so valuable that it needs such protection? Has it anything to do with the mystery of the young man's death? And why have assassins been pursuing the King's courier across the savage moor land only to murder him at a lonely wayside tavern? Hildegard risks all dangers to seek out the truth. There she discovers a secret tower, locked and barred, with armed men on guard. Is it possible that the young man was killed by a dragon, as Hildegard's been told? Of course, Hildegard does not believe in dragons, and despite being warned against it, she goes for a walk in the woods. His wounds appear to be the ravages of claws, but larger than any animal Hildegard knows of. His body bears deep gashes from neck to groin. While walking about the grounds, Hildegard discovers the corpse of a young man in the morgue. The Dragon of Handale (Abbess of Meaux 5) by Cassandra Clark (Goodreads Author) 3.75 Rating details 328 ratings 54 reviews In the fifth in this stellar series Hildegard returns from pilgrimage to Compostela only to be sent by her Prioress to the remote and sinister Handale Priory. Used as a house of correction for sinning nuns, it lies in the north of the county in the middle of a vast wood and is run by the ambiguous Abbess Basilda and her close group of hard-faced acolytes. Still unsure whether she will rejoin the Order, the Prioress suggests that a visit to Handale Priory might help provide some clarity. Hildegard, no longer a member of the Cistercian order of nuns, has returned to the priory after more than a year from her pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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