A monk\'s journey of amends leads to murder in this "thoroughly entertaining medieval mystery" in the Silver Dagger Award-winning series ( Publishers Weekly ).
She was appointed officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1994, and in 1999 the British Crime Writers\' Association established the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger award, later called the Ellis Peters Historical Award..
Pargeter won an Edgar Award in 1963 for Death and the Joyful Woman , and in 1993 she won the Cartier Diamond Dagger, an annual award given by the Crime Writers\' Association of Great Britain.
The character has been adapted for television, and the books drew international attention to Shrewsbury and its history.
Cadfael, a Welsh Benedictine monk living at Shrewsbury Abbey in the first half of the twelfth century, has been described as combining the curious mind of a scientist with the bravery of a knight-errant.
About author(s): Ellis Peters is a pseudonym of Edith Mary Pargeter (1913-1995), a British author whose Chronicles of Brother Cadfael are credited with popularizing the historical mystery.
It is an arduous journey, physically and emotionally, and one that leads to some shocking discoveries.
On his recovery, he determines to make a journey of expiation, with Cadfael as his sole companion.
But Haluin does not die.
The Confession is heard by the abbot and Brother Cadfael; a wicked story, of trespasses hard for God or man to forgive.
He slips from the roof and crashes to the ground, sustaining terrible injuries-grave enough for him to want to make his deathbed confession.
But the icy and treacherous conditions are to prove near fatal for Brother Haluin.
Paul comes into jeopardy, and the brothers are called upon to effect repairs.
Peter and Saint.
The safety of the guest-hall roof at the Benedictine Abbey of Saint.
Winter arrived early in 1142, bringing with it a heavy snowfall.
A monk\'s journey of amends leads to murder in this "thoroughly entertaining medieval mystery" in the Silver Dagger Award-winning series ( Publishers Weekly )
