In the grisly aftremath of the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1138, Brother Cadfael leaves his peaceful monastery to undertake the harrowing work of burying the dead.
The official tally of the slain is 94 - but Brother Cadfael finds he has 95 to bury...in this matter of the 'corpse too many', Brother Cadfael's extraordinary abilities are taxed to the limit. He has to track down a murderer and avenge a brutal death.
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Each addition to the series is a joy. Long may the Chronicles continue. USA Today
Delightful... A colorful and authentic medieval background fraught with swordplay and a challenge to the death. Publishers Weekly
You ll love Brother Cadfael, wily veteran of the Crusades.... This was England before the age of tea and crumpets. Los Angeles Times
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"Each addition to the series is a joy. Long may the Chronicles continue." --USA Today
"Delightful . . . A colorful and authentic medieval background fraught with swordplay and a challenge to the death." --Publishers Weekly
"You'll love Brother Cadfael, wily veteran of the Crusades. . . . This was England before the age of tea and crumpets." --Los Angeles Times
Brother Cadfael returns in this classic Ellis Peters mystery, read by Derek Jacobi
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