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A Rare Benedictine
"A Rare Benedictine" collects three short stories about Brother Cadfael, Ellis Peter's 12th-century monk and sleuth. In "A Light on the Road to Woo...

City of Gold and Shadows
Charlotte Rossignol's great-uncle, the renowned archaeologist Alan Morris, disappeared over a year ago. When she visits his last dig at Aurae Phiala, ...

One Corpse Too Many
When is a body one too many? When the official count says 94, yet clearly there are 95! Thus begins the math problem that Brother Cadfael must deal w...

Summer of the Danes
Brother Cadfael is on his way on another errand for the Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul in Shrewsbury. He is needed as an interpreter at meeting in ...

The Heretic's Apprentice
In “The Heretic's Apprentice,” Ellis Peters provides us with the 16th Brother Cadfael mystery and she is in top form. It is 1143 at the Benedictine A...

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The Potter's Field
In sixteen previous episodes, Brother Cadfael has truly been the champion of justice in this fascinating 12th century mystery series by Ellis Pet...



The Raven at the Foregate
In “The Raven at the Foregate,” the 12th Brother Cadfael mystery, we find the venerable Benedictine brother embroiled in solving another murder. A ...

The Sanctuary Sparrow
It is 12th century in England and a young lute player has been accused of murdering a prominent nobleman. Brother Cadfael, a former foot soldier and ...

The Sanctuary Sparrrow
Usually, life around the Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul in Shrewsbury is on the tranquil--but busy--side. But not for long, it seems. As Brother ...

The Virgin in the Ice
In this sixth episode of Brother Cadfael, the venerable Benedictine monk of the Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul in Shrewsbury finds his tranquil lif...

The Virgin in the Ice – The Sixth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
The Virgin in the Ice – The Sixth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael Ellis Peters Thorndike Press, 1982, 311 PP ISBN: 0-7862-1479-1 This is a one of ...

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