![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Still-superior entertainment for historically inclined mystery fans. As before, Peters does wonders with the medieval scene and with complex character relationships unfortunately, however, lively Hugh Beringer (a major presence in One Corpse Too Many) makes only a brief appearance here, so this is slightly less sprightly than its predecessors. Luckily, the abbey boasts the services of the shrewd and kindly Brother Cadfael, a skilled herbalist. So, with the help of faithful apprentice Mark and old chum Hugh Beringer, Cadfael follows a series of hard-won clues to the Welsh border and there, in a daring confrontation, tags the true culprit. Monks Hood 1980 Book - 3 Gervase Bonel, with his wife and servants, is a guest at the Shrewsbury Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul when he is suddenly taken ill. But Cadfael launches his own investigation, urged on by Edwin's mother Richildis (a love of Cadfael's youth). Who poisoned Bond with one of Cadfael's unguents? Sheriff Prescote fingers 15-year-old Edwin and hunts him down. The murder victim: Gervase Bond, who has vowed to give the Abbey his estate of Mallilee, thus disinheriting his stepson Edwin and his bastard son Meurig. Brother Cadfael, worldly-wise and gentle herbalist at the 12th-century Shrewsbury Abbey, returns for a third adventure-which takes place after King Stephen's victory in the recent civil war. ![]()
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