Set in the England of 1290 the book mixes history with fiction to create a disturbing picture of English racism and hatred over six centuries before the world had ever heard of the Nazis. Against a background of Anti-Semitism a young man finds himself drawn into a world of violence, prejudice, murder, rape and child sacrifice. He has been raised to respect women and to protect the weak, so, when he witnesses an assault on a Jewish couple by two wealthy young nobles, he becomes involved in a conflict that could claim his life.
Set in the England of 1290 the book mixes history with fiction to create a disturbing picture of English racism and hatred over six centuries before the world had ever heard of the Nazis. Against a background of Anti-Semitism a young man finds himself drawn into a world of violence, prejudice, murder, rape and child sacrifice. He has been raised to respect women and to protect the weak, so, when he witnesses an assault on a Jewish couple by two wealthy young nobles, he becomes involved in a conflict that could claim his life.