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Brother Cadfael: The Complete Chronicles
THE COMPLETE CADFAEL 21 ebooks in one. Seventy years have passed since the conquest of England by William of Normandy. But following the death of Henry I, with no male heir, the country is divided – the armies of Henry’s daughter the Empress Maud and her cousin, King Stephen, mass to the West and East. Each would claim the crown. Beset by civil strife, caught between Stephen’s forces and the kingdoms of Wales, life in the border town of Shrewsbury continues as best it can. Even the Benedictine brothers of the Order of St Peter and St Paul cannot escape the encroaching war. And more often than not, the Abbey herbalist, a healer and skilled observer of human nature, Brother Cadfael, is called upon to use his more worldly talents in pursuit of justice. Cadfael ap Meilyr ap Dafydd (known simply as Brother Cadfael) is a Welsh monk, herbalist and apothecary of Shrewsbury Abbey. He entered the Benedictine order in 1120 after sixteen years in the armies of Britain and Normandy. As a soldier and sea captain he fought in the Holy Land, serving at the fall of Antioch and the storming of Jerusalem. As a young man, he was betrothed to Richildis Gurney, but never married. He has an illegitimate son, Olivier de Bretagne, by the Saracen widow Mariam of Antioch. This ebook
A RARE The Advent of Brother Cadfael.
A MORBID TASTE FOR BONES.
ONE CORPSE TOO MANY.
MONK'S HOOD.
SAINT PETER'S FAIR.
THE LEPER OF SAINT GILES.
THE VIRGIN IN THE ICE.
THE SANCTUARY SPARROW.
THE DEVIL'S NOVICE.
DEAD MAN'S RANSOM.
THE PILGRIM OF HATE.
AN EXCELLENT MYSTERY.
THE RAVEN IN THE FOREGATE.
THE ROSE RENT.
THE HERMIT OF EYTON FOREST.
THE CONFESSION OF BROTHER HALUIN.
THE HERETIC'S APPRENTICE.
THE POTTER'S FIELD.
THE SUMMER OF THE DANES.
THE HOLY THIEF.
BROTHER CADFAEL'S PENANCE.
A RARE The Advent of Brother Cadfael.
A MORBID TASTE FOR BONES.
ONE CORPSE TOO MANY.
MONK'S HOOD.
SAINT PETER'S FAIR.
THE LEPER OF SAINT GILES.
THE VIRGIN IN THE ICE.
THE SANCTUARY SPARROW.
THE DEVIL'S NOVICE.
DEAD MAN'S RANSOM.
THE PILGRIM OF HATE.
AN EXCELLENT MYSTERY.
THE RAVEN IN THE FOREGATE.
THE ROSE RENT.
THE HERMIT OF EYTON FOREST.
THE CONFESSION OF BROTHER HALUIN.
THE HERETIC'S APPRENTICE.
THE POTTER'S FIELD.
THE SUMMER OF THE DANES.
THE HOLY THIEF.
BROTHER CADFAEL'S PENANCE.
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Published December 1, 2016
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Ellis Peters
208 books1,148 followersA pseudonym used by Edith Pargeter.
Edith Mary Pargeter, OBE, BEM was a prolific author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics; she is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both historical and modern. Born in the village of Horsehay (Shropshire, England), she had Welsh ancestry, and many of her short stories and books (both fictional and non-fictional) were set in Wales and its borderlands.
During World War II, she worked in an administrative role in the Women's Royal Naval Service, and received the British Empire Medal - BEM.
Pargeter wrote under a number of pseudonyms; it was under the name Ellis Peters that she wrote the highly popular series of Brother Cadfael medieval mysteries, many of which were made into films for television.
Edith Mary Pargeter, OBE, BEM was a prolific author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics; she is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both historical and modern. Born in the village of Horsehay (Shropshire, England), she had Welsh ancestry, and many of her short stories and books (both fictional and non-fictional) were set in Wales and its borderlands.
During World War II, she worked in an administrative role in the Women's Royal Naval Service, and received the British Empire Medal - BEM.
Pargeter wrote under a number of pseudonyms; it was under the name Ellis Peters that she wrote the highly popular series of Brother Cadfael medieval mysteries, many of which were made into films for television.
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March 17, 2019
It has taken me about 2 months to finish this entire anthology. I read no other fiction in that period. I totally immersed myself in the world of Brother Cadfael and Shrewsbury Abbey. Reading it on my Kindle app on my iPad, I could also check maps, historical facts (such as that “Hugh, son of Warin the Fat” was actually a sheriff of Shropshire, albeit slightly before these books are set) and so live the books more deeply than just reading them.
I had read these when they were first published, and when one had to wait for each book to be published and available! It definitely took me more than two months!! This new method of reading made for a much more immersive experience.
Cadfael could teach all of us a thing or two, leaving aside the many murders he manages to solve. Now in my autumn years, with a natural hairline much like a tonsured Benedictine, it almost makes one yearn for a monastic life.
These are easy reads, and sometimes carry predictable outcomes. But it is the (often not so subtle) Christian references that give a moral foundation to Cadfael, that, in the end, stands him solid as a rock, despite his constant self-deprecation. Cadfael is Catholic, but just as easily could be Muslim, or Bhuddist etc. It matters not which. It’s these deeper theological, and historical, streams - more than just an undercurrent - that makes a reader wonder about their place on this planet, whilst they absorb these excellent 12th century mysteries.
I had read these when they were first published, and when one had to wait for each book to be published and available! It definitely took me more than two months!! This new method of reading made for a much more immersive experience.
Cadfael could teach all of us a thing or two, leaving aside the many murders he manages to solve. Now in my autumn years, with a natural hairline much like a tonsured Benedictine, it almost makes one yearn for a monastic life.
These are easy reads, and sometimes carry predictable outcomes. But it is the (often not so subtle) Christian references that give a moral foundation to Cadfael, that, in the end, stands him solid as a rock, despite his constant self-deprecation. Cadfael is Catholic, but just as easily could be Muslim, or Bhuddist etc. It matters not which. It’s these deeper theological, and historical, streams - more than just an undercurrent - that makes a reader wonder about their place on this planet, whilst they absorb these excellent 12th century mysteries.
January 29, 2018
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