After the death of his mother, young Alwin of Whittaker leaves the only home he has ever known to seek answers about his unknown father through a pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.
On the journey, Alwin falls in with a band of violent and marauding soldiers and is witness to their terrible crimes. When Alwin later joins up with a group of pilgrims, he must hide his identity . . . but he is not the only one with secrets to keep. Rosamund, a young woman travelling the same path, has much to conceal too.
The journey to discovering who he really is will lead Alwin into great danger and great passion. These are dark times, and through them, Alwin must shine a light.
Will the revelations to come destroy everything that came before?***
[I wish to tell the legend of my life and hope it's telling will not be unprofitable to any soul as one day might read it]***
(@HodderBooks, 6 February 2020, 304 pages, ebook, copy from @HodderBooks via # NetGalley and voluntarily reviewed)
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I had high expectations for this book as I enjoyed The Wicked Cometh so much. This is almost as good so I was delighted to get lost in it. There's a great sense of place created in this book, the medieval Walsingham really comes to life. This book gets pretty dark at times but never overly gruesome. I love mysteries and this is a great example of the type of book I love to unravel and get more and more lost in. I must admit, the romance aspects left me a little cold and I much preferred the historical fiction and mystery aspects. The historical details came across as well researched.
