Cadfael attends to a brother beaten and left for dead, and searches for missing siblings and their nun escort. In the meantime, a band of marauders pillages the countryside.
Book Details
Format
mass_market
ISBN-10
0449211215
ISBN-13
9780449211212
Publication Date
Jan 1986
Item Weight
0.28 pounds
Length
0.59 inch
Width
6.89 inch
Height
4.29 inch
First Sentence
It was early in November of 1139 that the tide of civil war, lately so sluggish and inactive, rose suddenly to sweep over the city of Worcester, wash away half its livestock, property and women, and send all those of its inhabitants who could get away in time scurrying for their lives northwards away from the marauders, to burrow into hiding wherever there was manor or priory, walled town or castle strong enough to afford them shelter.
Edith Mary Pargeter OBE BEM (28 September 1913 – 14 October 1995), also known by her pen name Ellis Peters, was an English 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, and especially for her medieval detective series The Cadfael Chronicles.
