1270 AD: the priory of Tyndal is dedicated to love and peace. But
Eleanor of Wynethorpe, the new prioress, will find little of either.
MEDIEVAL MYSTERY. AD 1270. On a remote East Anglian coast stands
Tyndal Priory, which belongs to the Order of Fontevraud where monks
and nuns live and work in close proximity. Twenty-one-year-old
Prioress Eleanor of Wynethorpe has just been appointed prioress by
King Henry III over the elected choice of the priory itself. Young
and inexperienced, Eleanor will face a grave struggle - in a place
dedicated to love and peace, she will find little of either.
WINE OF VIOLENCE. It is late summer in the year 1270. Although the
Simon de Montfort rebellion is over, the smell of death still hangs
over the land. In the small priory of Tyndal, the monks and nuns of
the Order of Fontevraud long for a return to routine. Alas, the day
after the arrival of the new prioress, a brutally murdered monk is
found in the cloister gardens, and Brother Thomas, a young priest
with a troubled past, arrives to bring her a more personal grief.
Now Eleanor must not only struggle to gain the respect of her
terrified and resentful flock but also bring a murderer to justice.
