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In his fourteenth chronicle Brother Cadfael's tranquil life as a herbalist is disturbed by the arrival of a saintly hermit and the disappearance of a young boy.

In his fifteenth chronicle Brother Cadfael is witness to a shocking near-death confession and accompanies a fellow Benedictine on a dangerous quest for redemption.

In his thirteenth chronicle Brother Cadfael believes the motive for a callous murder is all too obvious, but he soon learns that when love and money are involved, nothing is straightforward.

Fervono i preparativi all'abbazia benedettina di Shrewsbury, in un soleggiato ottobre del 1139, per le nozze di Huon de Domville, maturo barone normanno, e Iveta de Massard, giovanissima ereditiera. Dietro il fasto della cerimonia si nasconde però l'odiosa realtà di un matrimonio d'interesse. A trasformare il dramma di una giovane innocente in un sanguinoso mistero, giunge la notizia dell'uccisione del futuro sposo, cui farà seguito un altro, ...

Lutti, devastazioni, discordie implacabili: gli otto anni di guerra civile tra il re Stefano e l'imperatrice Maud hanno messo in ginocchio l'Inghilterra. Eppure, nell'anno del Signore 1145, la possibilità di una pacificazione sembra prendere corpo quando il re e l'imperatrice decidono di partecipare a un convegno di pace indetto dal vescovo di Coventry. Anche fratello Cadfael si reca nella città, dove si sta trattando la questione dei prigioni...

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In the year of our Lord 1141, civil war over England's throne leaves a legacy of violence--and the murder of a knight dear to Brother Cadfael. In the spring, a flood of pilgrims comes to the celebration of Saint Winifred at the Abbey, carrying with it many strange souls...and perhaps the knight's killer. Brother Cadfael's shrewd eyes see all: the prosperous merchant who rings false, an angelic, lame boy and his beautiful, dowerless sister, and...

Silver Dagger Award Winner: In this medieval mystery, Brother Cadfael faces suspicion when one of his herbal ingredients is used to kill a man. Gervase Bonel is a guest of Shrewsbury Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul when he suddenly takes ill. Luckily, the abbey boasts the services of the clever and kindly Brother Cadfael, a skilled herbalist. Cadfael hurries to the man's bedside, only to be confronted with two surprises: In Master Bonel'...

The "irresistible" and "compelling" first novel in the historical mystery series featuring a Welsh Benedictine monk in the twelfth century (The Washington Post). A Welsh Benedictine monk living at Shrewsbury Abbey in western England, Brother Cadfael spends much of his time tending the herbs and vegetables in the garden-but now there's a more pressing matter. Cadfael is to serve as translator for a group of monks heading to the town of Gwythe...

Brother Cadfael discovers a murder amid the wreckage of Shrewsbury Castle in this mystery series featuring "a colorful and authentic medieval background" (Publishers Weekly). In the summer of 1138, war between King Stephen and the Empress Maud takes Brother Cadfael from the quiet world of his garden into a battlefield of passions, deceptions, and death. Not far from the safety of the abbey walls, Shrewsbury Castle falls, leaving its ninety-f...

Derek Jacobi, who plays Cadfael on ITV, reads this compelling whodunnit from the Brother Cadfael chronicles.

The seventh omnibus edition of Ellis Peters' compulsive and bestselling medieval mysteries.

In his eighteenth chronicle Brother Cadfael, on an apparently simple errand for his bishop, becomes embroiled in the violent conflict between two Gwynedd brothers.

In his seventeenth chronicle Brother Cadfael is asked to help identify a corpse found on Abbey land and discovers that it is the least baffling facet of a mysterious murder.

By rumor and official dispatch, news had come to Shrewsbury of a terrible betrayal. Philip FitzRobert, one of the Empress Maud's greatest champions, had turned coat, imprisoning thirty knights and squires who held true to the empress. The lucky ones had kin who could afford the dear price for their freedom, the others had to rot in captivity. Among the missing and unclaimed was Olivier de Bretagne, an exceptional knight whose mother had been a...

England im Jahr 1138. Bereits zwei Jahre währt der Thronstreit zwischen König Stephan und Kaiserin Maud. Da wird die Stadt Shrewbury von den Männern des Königs erstürmt. Die Verteidiger, Anhänger der Kaiserin Maud, werden hingerichtet. Bruder Cadfael, aus dem benachbarten Benediktinerkloster St. Peter und St. Paul, wird mit der Beerdigung der Hingerichteten beauftragt. Doch zu seiner Überraschung findet er nicht 94 Leichen vor, sondern 95. Ein...

Anno del Signore 1144. I confratelli Herluin e Tutilo hanno l'incarico di trovare aiuti per la ricostruzione dell'abbazia di Ramsey. I due si apprestano a partire quando lo sceriffo Hugh Beringar porta la notizia della rovinosa piena del fiume Severn, che minaccia anche l'abbazia di Shrewsbury e ciò che essa ha di più prezioso: il reliquiario di santa Winifred. I monaci si affrettano a sgombrare la chiesa di ogni arredo e sono convinti di aver...