In 1264, Jean of Toulouse, a young French student and friar accused of heresy by the Inquisition, is sent to Oxford to spy on the scholarly monk, Roger Bacon, who is suspected of being a heretic for his advanced scientific ideas.
- ISBN: 9780876148099
- Authors: Rosen, Dorothy; Rosen, Sidney
- Published: 1994, Lerner Publishing Group
- Themes: Medieval England, Scientists, STEM
- Descriptors: England (UK), Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)
- No. of pages: 155