Los Angeles Times About the Author Ellis Peters is a pseudonym of Edith Mary Pargeter (1913-1995), a British author whose Chronicles of Brother Cadfael are credited with popularizing the historical mystery. This was England before the age of tea and crumpets. Publishers Weekly Youll love Brother Cadfael, wily veteran of the Crusades. A colorful and authentic medieval background fraught with swordplay and a challenge to the death. Review Quotes Each addition to the series is a joy. the tiny bit of evidence that Cadfael believes can expose a murderers black heart.

He vows to find the truth behind disparate clues: a girl in boys clothing, a missing treasure, and a single broken flower. But one death among so many seems unimportant to all but the good Benedictine. This ingenious way to dispose of a corpse tells Brother Cadfael that the killer is both clever and ruthless. With a heavy heart, Brother Cadfael agrees to bury the dead, only to make a grisly discovery: one extra victim that has been strangled, not hanged. 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. 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. Book Synopsis Brother Cadfael discovers a murder amid the wreckage of Shrewsbury Castle in this mystery series featuring a colorful and authentic medieval background (Publishers Weekly). the tiny bit of evidence that Cadfael believes can expose a murderer's black heart.About the Book The second chronicle of Brother Cadfael, of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, at Shrewsbury -Title page. He vows to find the truth behind disparate clues: a girl in boy's clothing, a missing treasure, and a single broken flower.

Brother Cadfael discovers a murder amid the wreckage of Shrewsbury Castle in this mystery series featuring 'a colorful and authentic medieval background' ( Publishers Weekly).

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