The Rose Rent
by:
Ellis Peters (author)
In honor of her husband, young, beautiful, and wealthy widow Judith Perle donates a house to the Abbey at Shrewsbury--for the annual rent of one white rose. Judith has no shortage of suitors, and if she remarries, her dowry would be all the greater if the house were returned due to non-payment of...
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In honor of her husband, young, beautiful, and wealthy widow Judith Perle donates a house to the Abbey at Shrewsbury--for the annual rent of one white rose. Judith has no shortage of suitors, and if she remarries, her dowry would be all the greater if the house were returned due to non-payment of rent. So when a priest charged with delivering the rose is found murdered, an
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B00LUZNXIK
Publisher: Mysterious Press
Edition language: English
Series: Chronicles of Brother Cadfael (#13)
bookshelves: published-1986, film-only, historical-fiction, medieval5c-16c, catholic Read from November 18 to 19, 2013 TV series with JacobiDescription: In honor of her husband, young, beautiful, and wealthy widow Judith Perle donates a house to the Abbey at Shrewsbury--for the annual rent of o...
Cadfael must sort through a thorny mystery involving a young widow and the house she rents to the monks for the yearly price of a single rose. Listened to the audio version read by the always professional Nadia May.