by Ellis Peters, Stephen Thorne
This is my first filled square for the 16 Tasks game. I decided to do: Book themes for Penance Day: Read a book that has a monk, nun, pastor / preacher, priest or other representative of the organized church as a protagonist, or where someone is struggling with feelings of guilt or with their cons...
Series: Cadfael #9 Fairly standard fare for Cadfael. A murder occurs in the midst of a prisoner exchange and Hugh and Cadfield investigate. I know I complained about the insta-love, but Peters does use the relationships effectively in the plot. It’s just that the actual meeting is fairly weak. She...
Set in the 12th century, The sheriff of Shrewsbury is captured by the Welsh, and a minor Welsh lord is also captured by the English. A swap is agreed, but one is murdered before the handover can take place.Brother Cadfael uses his knowledge to pick at clues until the killer can be found.A character ...
Set in the 12th century, The sheriff of Shrewsbury is captured by the Welsh, and a minor Welsh lord is also captured by the English. A swap is agreed, but one is murdered before the handover can take place.Brother Cadfael uses his knowledge to pick at clues until the killer can be found.A character ...
bookshelves: adventure, britain-england, fraudio, historical-fiction, mystery-thriller, play-dramatisation, published-1985, spies, war, britain-wales Read in November, 2009 As civil war takes its toll on Shrewsbury, the detective monk takes action. Ellis Peters' medieval thriller with Philip Broa...
A young Welch lord captured by the English and an English sheriff captured by Welch soldiers have Brother Cadfael using his language and negotiation skills to do an exchange. When, the English Sheriff is murdered and it is up to Brother Cadfael to solve the mystery. A little different than the usual...
I've seen this on TV too. War means that two people are being ransomed, one dies, Cadfael investigates.
As civil war takes its toll on Shrewsbury, the detective monk takes action. Ellis Peters' medieval thriller with Philip Broadcast on:BBC Radio 7, 1:30am Tuesday 17th November 2009Duration:30 minutesAvailable until:2:02am Tuesday 24th November 2
This was the last of the Brother Cadfael books that I read. They were all really good, but I think I read too many, too quickly and spoiled my appetite for any more. Shame really.
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