Anchoress of Shere Author:Paul L. Moorcraft Archoress of Shere is a compelling psychological thriller, set in two different centuries. It depicts the story of a beautiful woman, Christine, as she is walled up alive in a church. The location is Shere in the county of Surrey. The historical records, which still exist, put the date at 1329. — The twentieth-century chronicler... more » of the fate of Christine Carpenter, the Anchoress of Shere, is a deranged Catholic priest, Father Michael uvaL. Gradually, two separate saga unfold, the bizarre world of the middle ages centered on Christine's entombment, and the abduction of a young woman, Marda Stewart, in Guildford in 1967.
In a series of exotic twists the medieval world of knights, debauchery, peasant uprisings and civil war merges into a modern hunt for a serial killer. The final piece of the puzzle is discovered in the late 1990s.
The tragedy of the anchoress is based upon historical facts, yet it is also an exploration of the most dramatic themes of today: sexual freedom, and the power of belief, spiritual, bondage and the individual search for self-fullfilment.
Above all, this is a gripping adventure story of a love so obsessive that is spans more than 600 years.« less