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A Morbid Taste for Bones by Peter Ellis
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Chronicles of Brother Cadfael Ser.
In 1137 the ambitious head of Shrewsbury Abbey has decided to acquire the remains of Saint Winifred for his Benedictine order. Brother Cadfael is part of the expedition sent to her final resting place in Wales and they find the villagers passionately divided by the Benedictines' offer for the saint's re ...Show more
A Morbid Taste for Bones: The First Chronicle of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters
Category: No Category | Series: Cadfael Chronicles Ser.
In 1137 the ambitious head of Shrewsbury Abbey has decided to acquire the remains of Saint Winifred for his Benedictine order. Brother Cadfael is part of the expedition sent to her final resting place in Wales, where they find the villagers passionately divided by the Benedictines' offer for the saint's ...Show more
Brother Cadfael's Penance by Ellis Peters
Category: Fiction | Series: Cadfael Chronicles Ser.
November 1145, and the bitter rift between King Stephen and Empress Maud at last has a chance for reconciliation. It is hoped that a council will resolve the question of prisoners of war. Cadfael has a special interest in attending, for he is seeking his lost son.
Cadfael Omnibus #1 by Peter Ellis
Category: Fiction | Series: Cadfael Omnibus
A MORBID TASTE FOR BONES. In 1137 the head of Shrewsbury Abbey decided to acquire the remains of St Winifred. Brother Cadfael is part of the expedition sent to her final resting place in Wales and they find the villagers passionately divided by the Benedictines' offer for the saint's relics. Canny, wise ...Show more
Cadfael Omnibus #2 by Peter Ellis
Category: Fiction | Series: Cadfael Omnibus
This volume contains three of Brother Cadfael's Chronicles: ST PETER'S FAIR. An unseemly quarrel between the local burghers and the monks from the Benedictine monastery in Shrewsbury over who shall benefit from the levies on Shrewsbury's annual Fair leaves a merchant dead, and Cadfael is summoned from ...Show more
Dead Man's Ransom ; bk. 9 by Ellis Peters
Category: Fiction | Series: The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael
In the February of the year of our Lord 1141, men march home from war to Shrewsbury, but the captured Sheriff Gilbert Prestcote is not among them. Elis, a young Welsh prisoner, is, and he is delivered to the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul to begin a tale that will test Brother Cadfael's sense of ju ...Show more
Monk's-Hood: The Third Chronicle of Brother Cadfael (FS) by Ellis Peters
Category: No Category | Series: The\Cadfael Chronicles Ser.
Gervase Bonel, with his wife and servants, is a guest of Shrewsbury Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul when he is suddenly taken ill. Luckily, the Abbey boasts the services of clever and kindly Brother Cadfael, a skilled herbalist. Cadfael hurries to the man's bedside, only to be confronted by two very ...Show more
One Corpse Too Many: The Second Chronicle of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters
Category: Fiction | Series: Brother Cadfael Mysteries
Each addition to the series is a joy. Long may the chronicles continue. -- "USA Today" * A Mystery Guild Alternate Selection In the summer of 1138, fighting engulfs Shrewsbury as King Stephen battles the Empress Maud for the throne of England. When Shrewsbury Castle falls, and its 94 defenders are hange ...Show more
One Corpse Too Many: The Second Chronicle of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters
Category: No Category | Series: The\Cadfael Chronicles Ser.
In the summer of 1138, war between King Stephen and the Empress Maud takes brother Cadfael from the quiet world of his garden to the bloody battlefield. Not far from the safety of the Abbey walls, Shrewsbury Castle falls, leaving its ninety-four defenders loyal to the empress to hang as traitors. With a ...Show more
Saint Peter's Fair (Book 4) by Ellis Peters
Category: Old Titles - No Stock | Series: Cadfael Chronicles
In his fourth chronicle, Brother Cadfael is summoned from his peaceful herb garden to solve the mystery of the murder of a merchant. Saint Peter's Fair is a grand festive event, attracting tradesmen from across England and beyond. There is a pause in the civil war racking the country in the summer of ...Show more
The Confession of Brother Haluin by Peter Ellis
Category: No Category | Series: The\Chronicles of Brother Cadfael Ser.
Eighteen years before, confesses Brother Haluin, he had been responsible for the death of the girl he loved and the baby she was to bear. Now, after an escape from death, he wants nothing more than to beg the forgiveness of Bertrade's mother, Adelais de Clary, and do penance for his sins. But Haluin's m ...Show more
The Confession of Brother Haluin by Ellis Peters
Category: No Category | Series: The\Cadfael Chronicles Ser.
In her 15th chronicle of the 12th-century detective-monk Brother Cadfael, Peters serves up a masterful tale of murder and revenge. The Washington Post calls Peters's books enchanting . . . medieval England comes marvelously a live.