The Virgin in the Ice

The Virgin in the Ice PDF Author: Ellis Peters
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497671205
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318

Book Description
A monk embarks on a dangerous quest to find a trio of missing travelers in this medieval mystery by an Edgar Award–winning author. The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturbing of events. Raging civil war has sent refugees fleeing north from Worcester. Among them are two orphans from a noble family, a boy of thirteen and an eighteen-year-old girl of great beauty, and their companion, a young Benedictine nun. The trio never reaches Shrewsbury, having disappeared somewhere in the wild countryside. Cadfael is afraid for these three lost lambs, but another call for help sends him to the church of Saint Mary. A wounded monk, found naked and bleeding by the roadside, will surely die without Cadfael’s healing arts. Why this holy man has been attacked and what his fevered ravings reveal soon give Brother Cadfael a clue to the fate of the missing travelers. Now Cadfael sets out on a dangerous quest to find them. The road will lead him to a chill and terrible murder and a tale of passion gone awry. And at journey’s end awaits a vision of what is best, and worst, in humankind.

The Ice-maiden

The Ice-maiden PDF Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description

The Virgin in Judgment

The Virgin in Judgment PDF Author: Eden Phillpotts
Publisher: London : Cassell
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400

Book Description

Brother Cadfael's Penance

Brother Cadfael's Penance PDF Author: Ellis Peters
Publisher: Little Brown
ISBN: 9780751513707
Category : Cadfael, Brother (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 273

Book Description
The cloistered walls of Shrewsbury Abbey have always protected Brother Cadfael from the raging Civil War. But when fighting escalates between Empress Maud and King Stephen, the war takes a deadly step closer to him. Taken prisoner in the battle for Maud's land is Olivier de Bretagne, Brother Cadfael's own son- born as a result of a brief encouter thirty years earlier. Now Brother Cadfael resolves to plead for his son's release at a peace conference scheduled to take place in Coventry; but there is no sign of Olivier there. After much soul searching, Cadfael makes the difficult decision to break his monastic vows, leaving Coventry without permission- because he knows he must do everything in his power to find his son.

An Excellent Mystery

An Excellent Mystery PDF Author: Ellis Peters
Publisher: Mysterious Press
ISBN: 9780446405324
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
In 1141, two monks have arrived in Shrewsbury from Winchester, where their abbey was destroyed. Now Brother Humilis, who is very ill, and Brother Fidelis, who is mute, must seek refuge at Shrewsbury. And from the moment he meets them, Brother Cadfael senses something deeper than their common vows binds these two brothers. And as Brother Humilis's health fails, Brother Cadfael faces a poignant test of his discretion and his beliefs as he unravels a secret so great it can destroy a life, a future, and a holy order.

The Pilgrim of Hate

The Pilgrim of Hate PDF Author: Ellis Peters
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
ISBN: 9780688049645
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190

Book Description
As hundreds of pilgrims arrive at the shrine of St. Winifred, Brother Cadfael wonders if two of the pilgrims, obviously intensely bound to each other, are bound to the murder of a knight in Winchester

The Virgin in the Garden

The Virgin in the Garden PDF Author: A. S. Byatt
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307819531
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 657

Book Description
From the Booker Prize-winning author of Possession comes a wonderfully erudite novel in which enlightenment and sexuality, Elizabethan drama and contemporary comedy, intersect richly and unpredictably. "Large, complex, ambitious, humming with energy and ideas ... a remarkable achievement." —Iris Murdoch In Yorkshire, the Potter family are preparing to celebrate Elizabeth II’s arrival on the throne. Its three youngest members, however, are preoccupied with other matters. Stephanie has grown tired of their overbearing father and resolves to marry the local curate. Anxious teenager Marcus gains a new teacher and suffers increasingly disturbing visions. Then there is Frederica. On the brink of adulthood, a love affair with a young playwright may offer the freedom she desperately desires.
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