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1	A Morbid Taste for Bones: The First Chronicle of Brother Cadfael more books like this by Ellis Peters $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist The ambitious head of Shrewsbury Abbey wants to acquire Saint Winifred's sacred remains for his Benedictine order. And when the ensuing controversy leads to murder, Brother Cadfael investigates. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.78! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Summer of the Danes more books like this by Ellis Peters $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist In the summer of 1144, a strange calm has settled over England. The armies of King Stephen and Empress Maud have temporarily exhausted each other. Brother Cadfael considers peace a blessing, but a little excitement never comes amiss to a former soldier and Cadfael is delighted to accompany his young friend, Brother Mark, on a mission of church ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	One Corpse Too Many: The Second Chronicle of Brother Cadfael more books like this by Ellis Peters $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist An ingenious killer disposes of a strangled corpse on a battlefield. Brother Cadfael discovers the body, and must then piece together disparate clues--including a girl in boy's clothing, a missing treasure and a single flower--to expose a murderer's black heart. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.16! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Brother Cadfael's Penance more books like this by Ellis Peters $4.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Brother Cadfael breaks his vows and leaves his beloved abbey to rescue Olivier de Bretagne, the unacknowledged son whom he fathered during his years as a Crusader. Olivier is being held prisoner by his former commander Philip FitzRobert, who has switched sides in the bitter civil war that divided 12th-century England between King Stephen and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.80! \| first editions \| SVS
5	A Rare Benedictine more books like this by Ellis Peters $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Finally, Brother Cadfael's many fans can discover the chain of events that led him into the Benedictine Order! Lavishly illustrated, these three tales show Cadfael at the height of his sleuthing form. "Three classic stories featuring Brother Cadfael . . . whose powers of deduction are practically miraculous".--Booklist. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Holy thief more books like this by Ellis Peters $1.99 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist At the height of the hot summer of 1144, the Earl of Essex succumbs to a fatal arrow - but only after a lingering fever during which his officials do their best to save him from hellfire by restoring various properties he has annexed, including the abbey of Ramsey. The abbey is in such a sorry state that a call for help in restoring it goes out to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Heretic's Apprentice more books like this by Ellis Peters $1.99 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist In the summer of 1143, William of Lythwood returns to Shrewsbury in a coffin...his pilgrimage at last at an end. William's young attendant, Elave, accompanies the body and sets about trying to secure a burial place on the grounds of the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, despite William's once having been reproved for 'heretical views.' Elave ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Pilgrim of Hate more books like this by Ellis Peters $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Pilgrims are gathering from far and wide to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the translation of Saint Winifred's bones to the Benedictine Abbey at Shrewsbury. In distant Winchester, a knight, supporter of the Empress Maud, has been murdered - not apparently an event of importance to those seeking miraculous cures at the saint's shrine. But ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.82! \| first editions \| SVS
9	St.Peter's Fair more books like this by Ellis Peters $2.95 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist It is the great annual fair of St Peter at Shrewsbury. A quarrel breaks out between the local burghers and the monks from the Benedictine monastry and a riot ensues. Afterwards, a merchant is found dead and Brother Cadfael is summoned from his herb-garden to test his detective skills again. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.92! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Dead Man's Ransom more books like this by Ellis Peters $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist In his ninth outing the beloved Brother Cadafel must helps a lovelorn young Welshman accused of murdering a sheriff. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.49! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Potters Field: The Seventeenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Paul at Shrewsbury more books like this by Ellis Peters $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist In October of 1142, a local landlord gives the Potter's Field to the local clergy. The monks begin to plow it, and the blades turn up the long tresses of a young woman, dead over a year. Then the arrival of a novice who fled from an abbey ravaged by civil war in East Anglia complicates life even further for Brother Cadfael. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Sanctuary Sparrow more books like this by Ellis Peters $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist In the gentle Shrewsbury spring of 1140, the midnight matins at the Benedictine abbey suddenly reverberate with an unholy sound- a hunt in full cry. Persued by a drunken mob, the quarry is running for its life. When the frantic creature bursts into the nave to claim sanctuary, Brother Cadfael finds himself fighting off armed townsmen to save a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.79! \| first editions
13 view cover	Rose Rent more books like this by Ellis Peters $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist A late spring in 1142 brings dismay to the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, for there may be no roses by June the twenty-second. On that day the young widow Perle must receive a white rose as rent for the house she has given to benefit the abbey or the contract is void. When nature finally complies, a pious monk is sent to pay the rent, but ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.68! \| first editions
14 view cover	Virgin in the Ice more books like this by Ellis Peters $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Brother Cadfael sets out on a blustery winter journey when his medical skills are needed at the priory of Bromfield. Along the way, he finds evidence of a murder that seems to point to the priory itself. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.11! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Leper of St. Giles more books like this by Ellis Peters $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Brother Cadfael sets out to visit the Saint Giles leper colony outside Shrewsbury, knowing that a grand wedding is due to take place at the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. As he arrives at Saint Giles the nuptial party passes the colony's gates. He sees the fragile bride, looking like a prisoner between her two stern guardians, and the groom, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.91! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	The Raven in the Foregate more books like this by Ellis Peters $2.04 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist In a mild December in the year of our Lord 1141, a new priest comes to the parishioners of the Foregate outside the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Father Ailnoth brings with him a housekeeper and her nephew -and a disposition that invites murder. Brother Cadfael quickly sees that Father Ailnoth is a harsh man who behaves like a doom-saying ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.67! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Mourning raga more books like this by Ellis Peters $1.99 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist As a favour to his girlfriend Tossa's beautiful but erratic filmstar mother, Dominic Felse agrees to escort a teenage heiress to her father in India. But travelling with the spoilt, precocious Anjili is no sinecure -- and the task of delivering her back to her family proves less than easy. Dominic and Tossa find themselves embroiled in a mystery ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Monk's Hood more books like this by Ellis Peters $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Gervase Bonel, with his wife and servants, is a guest of Shrewsbury Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul when he is suddenly taken ill. Luckily, the Abbey boasts the services of the clever and kindly Brother Cadfael, a skilled herbalist. Cadfael hurries to the man's bedside, only to be confronted by two very different surprises. In Master Bonel's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Hermit of Eyton Forest more books like this by Ellis Peters $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist The year is 1142, and all England is in the iron grip of a civil war. And within the sheltered cloisters of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, there begins a chain of events no less momentous than the political upheavals of the outside world. First, there is the sad demise of Richard Ludel, Lord of Eyton, whose ten year old son ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.86! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	The Devils Novice more books like this by Ellis Peters $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist In the autumn of 1140 the Benedictine monastery at Shrewsbury finds its new novice Meriet Aspley a bit disturbing. The younger son of a prominent family, Meriet is meek and biddable by day, but his sleep is rife with nightmares so violent that they earn him the name of "Devil's Novice". Shunned by the other monks, Aspley attracts the concern of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.29! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	An Excellent Mystery more books like this by Ellis Peters $1.99 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist 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, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
22 view cover	The First Cadfael Omnibus by Ellis Peters $24.70 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist A MORBID TASTE FOR BONES. In 1137 the head of Shrewsbury Abbey decided to acquire the remains of St Winifred for his Benedictine order. Brother Cadfael is part of the expedition sent to her final resting place in Wales and they find the villagers passionately divided by the Benedictines' offer for the saint's relics. Canny, wise and all too ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $25.54!
23 view cover	Leper of Saint Giles more books like this by Ellis Peters $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist A savage murder interrupts an ill-fated marriage set to take place at Brother Cadfael's abbey, leaving the monk with a terrible mystery to solve. The key to the killing is hidden among the inhabitants of the Saint Giles leper colony, and Brother Cadfael must ferret out a sickness not of the body, but of a twisted mind. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.50! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Will & the Deed more books like this by Ellis Peters $10.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist When legendary diva Antonia Byrne's will is read, it contains some unpleasant surprises for her nearest and dearest - none of them get quite what they were expecting. When the mourners become snowbound in the tiny mountain village, one of their number has lethally sinister intentions. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $83.37! \| first editions
25 view cover	An Excellent Mystery: The Eleventh Chronicle of Brother Cadfael more books like this by Ellis Peters $4.96 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Ellis Peters is the pseudonym of Edith Pargeter. 1992 is the 15th anniversary of the first Brother Cadfael book, "A Morbid Taste for Murder". Other books by the author include "The Summer of the Danes" and "The Cadfael Companion". see all copies from $2.37! new only from $39.95! \| signed copies \| first editions

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