Clare: Book 1 A 12th Century Family Chronicle

After the murder of her brother, Clare must leave England and find her father to reclaim their home, Thirwall. On the road, she meets churchmen and women, tricksters, lepers, villeins, artists, slaves, nobles and healers. They provide companionship and the lessons that help her overcome the obstacles that threaten to disrupt her journey. In Sicily she re-connects with her brother, Henry, an official in the Sicilian court. They find their father in Jerusalem, but he refuses to help her. After hearing his confession of the deed that drove him to seek penance in Outremer, Clare finds that the love that set her on her journey is deep enough to forgive him.