The Prelate
Adventure stories, Ghost and horror stories
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
Isabella de Monte, a mistress of King Francis I, is accused of witchcraft and of conspiring against her royal lover. She is handed over to inquisitors, even though the marchioness is with child and ready to give birth. The executioner… delivers the baby. Inquisitor Henri Dengon orders the executioner to care for the newborn... Years pass. René Chaperon, the executioner's adopted son, becomes a young man and begins to display unusual abilities: He has the ability to sense evil spirits. Henri Dengon becomes the chief inquisitor of the kingdom. The new Prelate has no idea what forbidding tests await him...