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Dead Man's Ransom

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Ellis Peters
Ellis Peters
1984 • 190 pages

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20 primary books24 released books

#9 in Chronicles of Brother Cadfael

Chronicles of Brother Cadfael is a 24-book series with 20 primary works first released in 1920 with contributions by Ellis Peters.

#0.1
Una luce sulla strada per Woodstock
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The Price of Light
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A Rare Benedictine
#1
A Morbid Taste for Bones
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One corpse too many
#3
Monk's Hood
#4
St. Peter's Fair
#5
Due delitti per un monaco
#6
The Virgin in the Ice
#7
The Sanctuary Sparrow
#8
The Devil's Novice

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Haven't yet struck a bad one in this series. Gentle tone, knowledgeable detail of history, monastic life and human nature. Am rereading as many as I can find. Wonder if she ever considered writing the back story for Brother Cadfael. What she does supply is intiguing. Too late now though.

March 14, 2024

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