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Ellis Peters
Third Omnibus edition of Ellis Peters’ compulsive and bestselling medieval mysteries
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The sixth omnibus edition of Ellis Peters’ compulsive and bestselling medieval whodunnits, now a major ITV series starring Derek Jacobi.
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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
The first three Brother Cadfael mysteries in one specially designed volume.
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, the very first in the hugely popular series, from the Brother Cadfael chronicles.
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…
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…
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Derek Jacobi, who plays Cadfael on ITV, reads this compelling whodunnit from the bestselling Brother Cadfael chronicles.
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…
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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?
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?
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A daring rescue leads to a desperate search for an otter cub’s family…
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…
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.
When a wealthy merchant is found murdered at St. Peter’s Fair, Brother Cadfael offers to help the man’s lovely niece, Emma, find the killer. But the girl almost certainly knows…
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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…
Derek Jacobi reads this classic mystery from the Brother Cadfael chronicles
The eighteenth volume in the CHRONICLES OF BROTHER CADFAEL series, in which Cadfael, on an errand in Wales, learns that a Danish mercenary fleet is sailing up the Menai Strait…
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 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…
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’…
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…
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…
A historical mystery story featuring monastic detective Brother Cadfael.
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…
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…
The medieval monk digs for clues when a body is unearthed by a plow: His detecting talents are as dazzling as ever (Publishers Weekly). When a newly plowed field recently…
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…
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…
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…
The second chronicle of Brother Cadfael, of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, at Shrewsbury –Title page.
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…
Winter, 1139, and Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life at Shrewsbury monastery is once again interrupted by violent, mysterious happenings. As civil war rages close by, two orphans of a great family…
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…
In his nineteenth chronicle Brother Cadfael is charged to investigate the theft of the Abbey’s most sacred treasure.