The Rose Of World

Autumn 1210. A year ago King John was excommunicated - and now his men have come to take over Hawkenlye Abbey. Abbess Caliste Helewise's successor worries how she is to feed the nuns under her care let alone conduct her good works. Meanwhile Helewise has moved into Hawkenlye Manor with Josse and their lives are full of family and warmth. But after a visit to St Edmund's Chapel Helewise's 11-year-old granddaughter Rosamund goes missing - and soon all that they hold dear is threatened...