Brother Cadfael's Penance: The Twentieth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael - Hardcover

Ellis Peters

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0892965991 ISBN 13: 9780892965991

Publisher: The Mysterious Press, 1994

Synopsis

Medieval Benedictine monk Brother Cadfael journeys to save his thirty-year-old-son, who has been taken prisoner in the Civil War between Empress Maud and King Stephen

About this title

About the Author:

Ellis Peters is a pseudonym of Edith Pargeter, author of historical novels such as The Heaven Tree Trilogy. Under the name of Ellis Peters she wrote crime fiction including The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael and a more "modern" detective, Detective Chief Inspector George False. Ellis Peters won many distinguished writing awards including an Edgar Award, the Silver Dagger Award and the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award of the Crime Writers Association. She lived in Shropshire, England.

From AudioFile:

Stephen Thorne is on familiar ground here with this twelfth installment of the Brother Cadfael series. And no one brings the details of medieval life so luminously alive as Ellis Peters. Brother Cadfael, Benedictine monk and herbalist, has had another life. Before entering the monastery, it appears he fathered a son he knew nothing about. When he receives news that this son is being held in the civil war raging between King Stephen and Empress Maud, his vows to God are put to the test. Many wonderful things have been said in the pages of AUDIOFILE, and elsewhere, about Stephen Thorne's exceptional voice and marvelous performances. I can only add that he narrates this series with perfection; it's subtle, fluid, and flawless. D.G. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: The Mysterious Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0892965991
• ISBN 13: 9780892965991
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 292