September, 1340. Grief-stricken by the death of his young wife, lawyer Ralph de Courcy takes a spiritual journey that leads him to St. Francis. Now known as Friar Valerian, he meets Cecily Wynstede, the daughter of an impoverished knight, and there is an instant and mutual attraction.
Theodoric of Freiberg, a Dominican friar of the early fourteenth century, discovers how sunlight and drops of water make rainbows.
Worried about having left the overly-generous Brother Juniper in charge of their chapel when they went out to preach, the other friars are not prepared for what they find upon their return. 15,000 first printing.