![]() ![]() "You'll love Brother Cadfael, wily veteran of the Crusades.this was England before the age of tea and crumpets. Brother Cadfael, a Welsh monk, is the first. For help he has a lovely young fugitive with her won supply of bravery, and together they set out to solve this charming and suspenseful mystery. In the twelfth-century English town of Shrewsbury, a body has been found in the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. This is no soldier- the ninety-fifth body is that of a youth, killed by a knife to his pale young throat.Īn amateur detective with no small share of courage, Cadfael is determined to identify the young man- and his murderer. ![]() During the Anarchy, King Stephen takes Shrewsbury Castle and hangs all of the surviving defenders. It is the second novel in the Cadfael Chronicles, first published in 1979. But before they can reach their final resting place, Cadfael discovers an extra corpse. One Corpse Too Many is a medieval mystery novel set in the summer of 1138 by Ellis Peters. With England at civil war in 1138, Brother Cadfael has a medieval murder on his hands. Paul is called upon to give a decent burial to the dead. ![]() Ninety-four prisoners, the surviving defenders of the Empress's castle, are taken.īrother Cadfael of the nearby Abbey of St. When Stephen finally captures the castle of Shrewsbury, one of Maud's few remaining hold-outs, his victory is a bloody one. King Stephen and his cousin the Empress Maud are caught in a bitter struggle for the British crown. ![]()
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