The Sixth Lamentation, by William Brodrick, New!!!!!

The Sixth Lamentation, by William Brodrick. Synopsis: Larkwood Priory, Suffolk. It is following his afternoon confessions that Father Anselm is stopped by an old man in the nave. What, he is asked, should a man do when the world has turned against him? Amselm's response, to claim sanctuary, is to have greater resonance than he could ever have imagined. For that evening the old man returns, demanding the protection of the Church. His name us Eduard Schwermenn and he is wanted by the police as a suspected war criminal. With her Life d=running out, Agnes Aubret feels it is time to unburden to her Granddaughter Lucy the secrets she has been carrying for so long. Fifty years earlier, Agnes had been living in Occupied Paris, a member of a small group risking thier lives to smuggle Jewish children to safety - until they were exposed by a young SS officer: Eduard Schwermann.... But as Father Anselm discovers, history is more slippery, more complicated than it first appears. For not only has the Church given Schwermann sanctuary before, in 1914 it helped him escape from France and begin a new life in Britain. As Anselm attempts to find out why, and as Lucy's search into her grandmother's past continues, their investigations dovetail to reveal a remarkable story. This book is a must-have!!!!!! R.R.P - $19.95