The spring of 1355 brings unexpected changes to Girona. Yusuf, the favorite student of the physician Isaac, heads to Granada to meet his real family, who for many years believed him to be dead. However, in the family castle in Granada, Yusuf twice only miraculously manages to avoid mortal danger: apparently, someone is not too happy about his return. The novel “Consolation for the Exile” completes the series of fascinating historical detective stories by Caroline Rowe (the pseudonym of the historian and writer Medora Sale) about the investigations of a blind man doctor Isaac from Girona.