/ Historical Mystery. Book - In the chill, rainy autumn of , two groups of visitors seek the hospitality of the Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul, and Brother Cadfael fears trouble has come in with them. Among the first arrivals is Brother Tutilo, a young Benedictine with a . What listeners say about An Excellent Mystery Average Customer Ratings. Overall. out of 5 stars out of 5 Stars 4 Stars 46 3 Stars 12 2 Stars 5 This Cadfael series written by Ellis Peters is one of my all-time favorite cozy historical English mysteries. I would strongly recommend this one. An Excellent Mystery. Add to cart Buy Now Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different. An Excellent Mystery by Peters, Ellis. Used; Condition Used - Very Good ISBN 10 ISBN 13 Seller. Better World Books. Seller rating: This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
AN EXCELLENT MYSTERY Ellis Peters THE ELEVENTH CHRONICLE OF BROTHER CADFAEL Chapter One. AUGUST CAME IN, that summer of , tawny as a lion and somnolent and purring as a hearthside cat. After the plenteous rains of the spring the weather had settled into angelic calm and sunlight for the feast of Saint Winifred, and preserved the same benign. An Excellent Mystery is full of beautiful scenes of forest, field, and riverside; set against the heat, sun, and storm of English summer. Cadfael plays second to a collection of many other characters, but their emotions are complex and their interactions are interesting. An Excellent Mystery. —. Ellis Peters. Their own abbey in Winchester burned to the ground, Brothers Humilis and Fidelis come to Brother Cadfael's abbey seeking refuge. Before his tonsure, Humilis was a brave Crusader, and received a dreadful wound fighting to save Jerusalem. His long ride has caused the wound to open anew.
Ellis Peters is a pseudonym of Edith Mary Pargeter (–), a British author whose. The phrase "excellent mystery" comes from a prayer in the Book of Common Prayer order of service for marriage, and it is worth reading the whole prayer as a background for Peters' excellent mystery about that most excellent mystery: O God, who by thy mighty power hast made all things of nothing; who also (afte. Buy a cheap copy of An Excellent Mystery book by Ellis Peters. In , England is still in the midst of the strife caused by the struggle for the throne between King Stephen and the Empress Maud. Among its victims the Abbey of.
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