The Rose Rent

Peters, Ellis

ISBN 10: 0333426827 / ISBN 13: 9780333426821

Published by Macmillan, 1986

About this Item

Very good, green boards, clipped, gold embossed gilt spine, very minor tanning ( photos ), bubble wrapped, mylar pro:5* seller. Young widow Judith Perle bestows her house in the Monk's Foregate on the Abbey of Shrewsbury. The only rent: a single white rose, to be delivered annually. But a beautiful woman with a substantial dowry is a target for would-be suitors - and when a man is found murdered next to the rose, Brother Cadfael sets out to find the killer.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Rose Rent
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333426827
• ISBN 13: 9780333426821
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

Young widow Judith Perle bestows her house in the Monk's Foregate on the Abbey of Shrewsbury. The only rent: a single white rose, to be delivered annually. But a beautiful woman with a substantial dowry is a target for would-be suitors - and when a man is found murdered next to the rose, Brother Cadfael sets out to find the killer.

About the Author

ELLIS PETERS (1913-1995) was the pen name of English novelist Edith Pargeter, author of scores of books under her own name. She was a recipient of the Silver Dagger Award and the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award, conferred by the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain, as well as the coveted Edgar, awarded by the Mystery Writers of America.