The book opens with an elderly man going to a moastery to ask what you should do if the world turns against you. He is answered by being told that a person could claim the right to sanctuary; an ancient right from the Church.
This man, Edward Schwermann, therefore returns and demands just what he has been told about. It then comes to light that he was an SS Officer, and he is wanted for war crimes.
Interjected with this story is the story of Agnes, an elderly lady who used to live in Occupied Paris during the war, and who helped smuggle Jewsih children out of the country. Agnes is now a lady approaching the end of her days, succumbing to the demise of her body through Motor Neurone Disease.
As the book progresses, Agnes decides that her granddaughter, Lucy, should learn more about her ealier life during the war. Lucy then attempts to learn the truth of the past - a past that is now claiming sanctuary at a monastery in England.
Schwermann and Agnes's past intertwines and because of his trial it is thrown back into the conciousness of the present day. (Amazon Review)

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