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Broeder Cadfael wordt naar Wales gestuurd om de beenderen van een gestorven heilige te bemachtigen. Het klooster van Shrewsbury zou wèl varen bij het bezit van de botten, die, naar verluidt, bovennatuurlijke krachten bezitten. Wanneer Cadfael de tocht aanvaardt, vindt hij vele obstakels op zijn weg, onder andere een wonderlijke dode...

FRAY CADFAEL, que en su juventud fue a las Cruzadas y vivió multitud de aventuras, vive ahora retirado en la abadía benedictina de Shrewsbury, cerca de Gales. Gran conocedor de las plantas y sus propiedades, y experto en la preparación de remedios con las mismas, es el encargado del herbario y del huerto. Hombre inteligente, observador y dotado de un gran sentido común, tendrá que utilizar todas estas cualidades para resolver los casos que se le presentan. En 1138, en el transcurso de la guerra civil inglesa, el rey Enrique toma la fortaleza de Shrewsbury. No habrá clemencia con los vencidos: el rey ordena ahorcar a todos los defensores. Entre tantas muertes sólo fray Cadfael es capaz de detectar un cadáver que no encaja con los demás; se encuentra entre los ajusticiados, pero no ha muerto a consecuencia del decreto real. Ha sido asesinado.

While Cadfael has bent Abbey rules, he has never broken his monastic vows--until now. Word has come to Shrewsbury of a treacherous act that has left 30 of Maud's knights imprisoned. All have been ransomed except Cadfael's secret son, Olivier. Conceived in Cadfael's soldiering youth and unaware of his father's identity, Olivier will die if he is not freed.

From Audible.com: This is the eleventh chronicle of Brother Cadfael, of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, at Shrewsbury. In the year of our Lord 1141, August comes in golden as a lion, and two monks ride into the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul bringing with them disturbing news of war...and a mystery. The strangers tell how the strife between the Empress Maud and King Stephan has destroyed the town of Winchester and their priory. Now Brother Humilis, who is handsome, gaunt, and very ill, and Brother Fidelis, youthful, comely (and totally mute) must seek refuge at Shrewsury. And from the moment he meets them, Brother Cadfael senses something deeper than their common vows binds these two good brothers. What the link is he can only guess...what it will lead to is beyond his imagining. But as Brother Humilis' health fails, and nothing can stop death's lengthening shade, Brother Cadfael faces a poignant test of his discretion and his beliefs as he unravels a secret so great it can destroy a life, a future, and a holy order.

Gervase Bonel, with his wife and servants, is a guest of Shrewsbury Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul when he is suddenly taken ill. Luckily, the Abbey boasts the services of the clever and kindly Brother Cadfael, a skilled herbalist. Cadfael hurries to the man's bedside, only to be confronted by two very different surprises. In Master Bonel's wife, he good monk recognises Richildis, whom he loved many years ago before he took his vows, and Master Bonel has been fatallly poisoned by a dose of deadly monk's-hood oil from Cadfael's herbarium. The Sherrif is convinced that the murdered is Richildis' son Edwin, who had reasons aplenty to hate his stepfather. But Cadfael, guided in part by his tender concern for a woman to whom he was once betrothed, is certain of her son's innocence. Using his knowledge of both herbs and the human heart, Cadfael deciphers a deadly recipe for murder.

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Third Omnibus edition of Ellis Peters' compulsive and bestselling medieval mysteries

Three masterly mysteries featuring the mediaeval sleuth and herbalist, Brother Cadfael, set in Shrewsbury.