The sequel to "Keeper at the Shrine", this novel is set in 12th-century Beverley, Yorkshire. Beverley Minster lies in ruin after a terrible fire and Father Simeon seeks financial help to rebuild it from a Jew, Aaron, who he protects during the 1189 massacre of the Jews.
Domini Highsmith (1942 - 2003) was a Yorkshire-born Jewish writer who lived alone in the shadow of Beverley Minster in Yorkshire. She began her career writing and broadcasting her comic dialect poetry and stories on local radio in Leeds and Bradford. She has also performed on stage and on national television and radio. She wrote six thrillers under the names of Domini Wiles and also used the pseudonym Amy Van Hassen. Her books include two semi-autobiographical novels about an abused child.