An Excellent Mystery
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$24.35
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
12 April 1995
Summary
In the year of our Lord 1141, August comes in golden as a lion, and two monks ride into the Benedictine abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul bringing with them disturbing news of war- and a mystery. The strangers tell how the strife between the Empress Maud and King Stephen has destroyed the town of Winchester and their priory. Now Brother Humilis, who is handsome, gaunt and very ill, and Brother Fidelis, youthful, comely- and mute- must seek refuge at Shrewsbury.
From the moment he me…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751511116 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0751511110 |
| Author: | Ellis Peters |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 12 April 1995 |
| Weight: | 160g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 106mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Cadfael Chronicles |
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A pleasing and unusual mixture of suspense and historical fiction.
‘A pleasing and unusual mixture of suspense and historical fiction.’ EVENING STANDARD
About The Author
Ellis Peters
Ellis Peters is one of the pseudonyms of Edith Pargeter who wrote several books under her own name and also Peter Benedict, Jolyon Carr and John Redfern. She was the recipient of the Crime Writers Association and the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award. She died in 1995.
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