An Excellent Mystery (Brother Cadfael Mystery Series #11)

Peters, Ellis

ISBN 10: 0449212246 / ISBN 13: 9780449212240

Published by Fawcett Crest, New York, 1987

About this Item

Spine very slightly creased, a little edge wear and rubbing. Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. An attractive copy. ; Eleventh in the Brother Cadfael medieval mystery series. ; Brother Cadfael; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 219 pages; "Their own abbey in Winchester burned to the ground, Brothers Humilis and Fidelis come to Brother Cadfael's abbey seeking refuge. Before his tonsure, Humilis was a brave Crusader, and received a dreadful wound fighting to save Jerusalem. His long ride has caused the wound to open anew. Meanwhile Nicholas Harnage, Humilis's former lieutenant, comes to beg Humilis's permission to marry Julian Cruce, the woman Humilis released from their betrothal when he returned, injured, from the Holy Land. Humilis has no objections, but all is not well: Julian, who left for a nunnery with valuable church plate and jewelry when Humilis released her, disappeared before she could ever take her vows, and no one now can say what happened to the beautiful girl.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Excellent Mystery (Brother Cadfael Mystery Series #11)
• Publisher: Fawcett Crest, New York
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0449212246
• ISBN 13: 9780449212240
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Illustrator: Illustrated by Bascove (cover)
• Edition: First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good-

About this title

Synopsis

Ellis Peters is the pseudonym of Edith Pargeter. 1992 is the 15th anniversary of the first Brother Cadfael book, "A Morbid Taste for Murder". Other books by the author include "The Summer of the Danes" and "The Cadfael Companion".

Review

A pleasing and unusual mixture of suspense and historical fiction. (EVENING STANDARD)