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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.

In his twentieth chronicle Brother Cadfael is involved in an investigation of a uniquely personal nature, for as he observes, 'Before I was a Brother I was a father.

A late spring in 1142 brings dismay to the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, for there may be no roses by June 22nd. On that day the young widow Perle must receive one white rose as rent for the house she has given to benefit the abbey or the contract is void. When nature finally complies, a pious monk is sent to pay the rent - and is found murdered beside the hacked rose-bush. The abbey's wise herbalist, Brother Cadfael, follows the trail of bloodied petals. He knows the lovely widow's dowry is far greater with her house included, and she will likely wed again. But before Cadfael can ponder if a greedy suitor has done this dreadful deed, another crime is committed. Now the good monk must thread his way through a tangle more tortuous than the widow's thorny bushes -- or there will be more tears...

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 Stephen 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 mute- must seek refuge at Shrewsbury. From the moment he meets them, Brother Cadfael senses that they are bound by something deeper than their common vows. What the link is he can only guess; what it will lead to is beyond imagining. But as Brother Humilis's health fails, 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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During the severe winter of 1142, Brother Haluin falls, sustaining injuries grave enough for him to want to make a deathbed confession. But he recovers and asks Brother Cadfael to accompany him on a journey of expiation. On the journey Cadfael stumbles across shocking secrets, of young lovers thwarted, of deceit and betrayal, of revenge - and of murder. Once again Brother Cadfael must turn detective.

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.