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Ellis Peters
Third Omnibus edition of Ellis Peters’ compulsive and bestselling medieval mysteries
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Derek Jacobi, who plays Cadfael on ITV, reads this compelling whodunnit, the very first in the hugely popular series, from the Brother Cadfael chronicles.
The first three Brother Cadfael mysteries in one specially designed volume.
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The sixth omnibus edition of Ellis Peters’ compulsive and bestselling medieval whodunnits, now a major ITV series starring Derek Jacobi.
This fifth omnibus edition of medieval whodunnits featuring Brother Cadfael contains The Rose Rent , The Hermit of Eyton Forest and The Confession of Brother Haluin .
The fourth edition of Ellis Peters’ compulsive and bestselling medieval mysteries
Three masterly mysteries featuring the mediaeval sleuth and herbalist, Brother Cadfael, set in Shrewsbury.
Derek Jacobi, who plays Cadfael on ITV, reads this compelling whodunnit from the bestselling Brother Cadfael chronicles.
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The seventh omnibus edition of Ellis Peters’ compulsive and bestselling medieval mysteries.
A medieval whodunnit featuring Brother Cadfael. A sudden flood means all the treasures of the Abbey of St Peter and St Paul must be moved to safety, including the bones…
Peter Ellis
This book explains why our market economy and politics fails to adapt as society evolves, and how a well-being, fairer economy and society can be built, answering the question, "if…
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Mapped to the 2018 NMC Standards and filled with practical activities and case studies, this book clearly simply explains the ethical ideas and concepts that nurses need to know alongside…
Helen Peters
Brilliant storytelling that will make you laugh and cry, this is Dick King-Smith for a new generation.
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Will Pearl ever be able to return to the sea?
A daring rescue leads to a desperate search for an otter cub’s family…
When Snuffle goes missing on Bonfire Night, it's a race against time to discover the little hedgehog's hiding place...
Newborn lambs are in danger: can Lightning rise to the challenge?
Margaret Lewis
This perceptive survey of the two faces of prolific and award-winning author Edith Pargeter explores both her life and her work. Pargeter is best known as Ellis Peters, the author…
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Originally published: London: Macmillan, 1981.
In his fourth chronicle Brother Cadfael is summoned from his peaceful herb garden to solve the mystery of the murder of a merchant.
While Cadfael has bent Abbey rules, he has never broken his monastic vows–until now. Word has come to Shrewsbury of a treacherous act that has left 30 of Maud’s knights…
In his nineteenth chronicle Brother Cadfael is charged to investigate the theft of the Abbey’s most sacred treasure.
A Brother Cadfael mystery. Other work by the author includes A Morbid Taste for Bones , One Corpse Too Many , The Sanctuary Sparrow , and The Raven in the…
A historical mystery story featuring monastic detective Brother Cadfael.
The Benedictine monastery at Shrewsbury finds its new novice Meriet Aspley a disturbing presence, his sleep rent by nightmares so violent as to earn him the nickname of ‘Devil’s Novice’…
In 1141, two monks arrive at the Benedictine abbey bringing news of warand a mystery. Sensing a mysterious link between these two brothers, Brother Cadfael faces a poignant test of…
In AD 1141, civil war over England’s throne leaves a legacy of violenceand the murder of a knight dear to Brother Cadfael. In the spring, a flood of pilgrims comes…
During the twelfth-century civil war between the English and the Welsh, an exchange of prisoners is arranged. But when one prisoner mysteriously dies before the exchange can take place, Brother…
The second chronicle of Brother Cadfael, of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, at Shrewsbury –Title page.
In exchange for keep for life for himself, his wife and two servants, Gervase Bonel assigned his manor of Mallilie to the abbey of St Peter and St Paul at…
A young man, pursued by a lynch mob, claims sanctuary just in time to save his own life. The accusation is robbery and murder - yet Brother Cadfael senses his…
Derek Jacobi reads this classic mystery from the Brother Cadfael chronicles
A savage murder will interrupt a grand wedding at the abbey of Brother Cadfael and leave him with a dark, terrible secret to solve. The key to the killing, and…
A Brother Cadfael mediaeval whodunnit. Pilgrims are gathering to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the translation of Saint Wilfred’s bones to the abbey at Shrewsbury. In distant Winchester a knight…
When an obnoxious former Nazi land-worker is murdered in the small English village of Comerford, Chad Wedderburn, classics master and hero of the Resistance in WWII, is accused of the…
In her sixteenth chronicle of the medieval monk-detective Brother Cadfael, Ellis Peters throws a variety of puzzles at her hero. In the summer of 1143, Brother Cadfael is torn from…
Wealthy young widow Judith Perle rents her house to the abbey monks for a single rose per year. When the monk charged with delivering the flower is murderedand the rosebush…
When the body of William arrives at the Abbey of St Peter and St Paul to be buried, the mighty prelate, Gerbert, tries to block his wish, recalling that he…
In his tenth chronicle Brother Cadfael believes that amongst the motley group of pilgrims in Shrewsbury is a murderer fleeing justice.
The sheriff of Shropshire has been captured and the King taken prisoner. then an exchange of prisoners is arranged - but before the exchange is completed, one captive is murdered…
In his eleventh chronicle, Brother Cadfael suspects that the relationship between two refugees from civil war hides a deeper trauma that their shared flight.
The sixteenth chronicle of Brother Cadfael, Ellis Peters’ marvellously created medieval detective.
In his fourteenth chronicle Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life as a herbalist is disturbed by the arrival of a saintly hermit and the disappearance of a young boy.
In his fifteenth chronicle Brother Cadfael is witness to a shocking near-death confession and accompanies a fellow Benedictine on a dangerous quest for redemption.
