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Peter Berresford Ellis
A fascinating and accessible A-to-Z guide to the gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, magical weapons, fabulous beasts, and otherworld entities that populate the myths of this rich tradition. An…
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Ellis Peters
Originally published: London: Macmillan, 1981.
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In his fourth chronicle Brother Cadfael is summoned from his peaceful herb garden to solve the mystery of the murder of a merchant.
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Margaret Lewis
An introductory biography of the life and work of Edith Pargeter, author of sixty books, but internationally known as Ellis Peters, author of the popular Cadfael Chronicles, featured on PBS’s…
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This perceptive survey of the two faces of prolific and award-winning author Edith Pargeter explores both her life and her work. Pargeter is best known as Ellis Peters, the author…
When a wealthy merchant is found murdered at St. Peter’s Fair, Brother Cadfael offers to help the man’s lovely niece, Emma, find the killer. But the girl almost certainly knows…
Larry W. Ellis
Let’s not be too hard on ourselves and others when we do not get it right away. The truth takes time to get past our defenses: our hard heads and…
In her sixteenth chronicle of the medieval monk-detective Brother Cadfael, Ellis Peters throws a variety of puzzles at her hero. In the summer of 1143, Brother Cadfael is torn from…
The eighteenth volume in the CHRONICLES OF BROTHER CADFAEL series, in which Cadfael, on an errand in Wales, learns that a Danish mercenary fleet is sailing up the Menai Strait…
While Cadfael has bent Abbey rules, he has never broken his monastic vows–until now. Word has come to Shrewsbury of a treacherous act that has left 30 of Maud’s knights…
The Benedictine monastery at Shrewsbury finds its new novice Meriet Aspley a disturbing presence, his sleep rent by nightmares so violent as to earn him the nickname of ‘Devil’s Novice’…
Derek Jacobi, who plays Cadfael on ITV, reads this compelling whodunnit from the bestselling Brother Cadfael chronicles.
The sheriff of Shropshire has been captured and the King taken prisoner. then an exchange of prisoners is arranged - but before the exchange is completed, one captive is murdered…
In the twelfth chronicle Brother Cadfael finds a young man working in the Abbey’s herb garden is suspected of murder.
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.
In his tenth chronicle Brother Cadfael believes that amongst the motley group of pilgrims in Shrewsbury is a murderer fleeing justice.
Reissue of the first in Ellis Peters’ classic Brother Cadfael chronicles.
When an obnoxious former Nazi land-worker is murdered in the small English village of Comerford, Chad Wedderburn, classics master and hero of the Resistance in WWII, is accused of the…
The fourth edition of Ellis Peters’ compulsive and bestselling medieval mysteries
This fifth omnibus edition of medieval whodunnits featuring Brother Cadfael contains The Rose Rent , The Hermit of Eyton Forest and The Confession of Brother Haluin .
In his eleventh chronicle, Brother Cadfael suspects that the relationship between two refugees from civil war hides a deeper trauma that their shared flight.
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 twentieth chronicle Brother Cadfael is involved in an investigation of a uniquely personal nature, for as he observes, ‘Before I was a Brother I was a father.
Brother Cadfael’s abilities are tested to the limit in this reissue of the second Cadfael chronicle.
In his eight chronicle Brother Cadfael has to discover whether the tormented dreams of a young novice are somehow linked to the mysterious appearance of one of his superiors.
The first three Brother Cadfael mysteries in one specially designed volume.
Derek Jacobi, who plays Cadfael on ITV, reads this compelling whodunnit, the very first in the hugely popular series, from the Brother Cadfael chronicles.
In exchange for keep for life for himself, his wife and two servants, Gervase Bonel assigned his manor of Mallilie to the abbey of St Peter and St Paul at…
A savage murder will interrupt a grand wedding at the abbey of Brother Cadfael and leave him with a dark, terrible secret to solve. The key to the killing, and…
A Brother Cadfael mediaeval whodunnit. Pilgrims are gathering to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the translation of Saint Wilfred’s bones to the abbey at Shrewsbury. In distant Winchester a knight…
Winter, 1139, and Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life at Shrewsbury monastery is once again interrupted by violent, mysterious happenings. As civil war rages close by, two orphans of a great family…
Derek Jacobi reads this classic mystery from the Brother Cadfael chronicles
Wealthy young widow Judith Perle rents her house to the abbey monks for a single rose per year. When the monk charged with delivering the flower is murderedand the rosebush…
A Brother Cadfael mystery. Other work by the author includes A Morbid Taste for Bones , One Corpse Too Many , The Sanctuary Sparrow , and The Raven in the…
A historical mystery story featuring monastic detective Brother Cadfael.
When the body of William arrives at the Abbey of St Peter and St Paul to be buried, the mighty prelate, Gerbert, tries to block his wish, recalling that he…
The medieval monk digs for clues when a body is unearthed by a plow: His detecting talents are as dazzling as ever (Publishers Weekly). When a newly plowed field recently…
A medieval whodunnit featuring Brother Cadfael. A sudden flood means all the treasures of the Abbey of St Peter and St Paul must be moved to safety, including the bones…
Third Omnibus edition of Ellis Peters’ compulsive and bestselling medieval mysteries
Three masterly mysteries featuring the mediaeval sleuth and herbalist, Brother Cadfael, set in Shrewsbury.
The sixteenth chronicle of Brother Cadfael, Ellis Peters’ marvellously created medieval detective.
In his eighteenth chronicle Brother Cadfael, on an apparently simple errand for his bishop, becomes embroiled in the violent conflict between two Gwynedd brothers.
The sixth omnibus edition of Ellis Peters’ compulsive and bestselling medieval whodunnits, now a major ITV series starring Derek Jacobi.
