Brother Cadfael's Penance (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #Book 20) - A Mediaeval Whodunnit

Ellis Peters, Edith Pargeter

Mysterious Press

1994

276 páginas

9h 12m

ISBN-13: 9781497671621

Brother Cadfael's 20th outing in which he tries to rescue his son, held prisoner when his liege changed his allegiance from Empress Maud to that of King Stephen. There is a planned meeting of the two warring parties to broker a peace – but powerful interests do not necessarily want peace and this can turn into violence and murder ...

To save his estranged son, a monk risks breaking his vows in this moving and suspenseful entry in the Silver Dagger Awardwinning medieval mystery series (Booklist). For Brother Cadfael in the autumn of his life, the mild November of our Lords year 1145 may bring a bitterand deadlyharvest. England is torn between supporters of the Empress Maud and those of her cousin Stephen. The civil strife is about to jeopardize not only Cadfaels life, but his hopes of Heaven. While Cadfael has sometimes bent the abbeys rules, he has never broken his monastic vowsuntil now. Word has come to Shrewsbury of a treacherous act that has left thirty of Mauds knights imprisoned. All have been ransomed except Cadfaels secret son, Olivier de Bretagne. Conceived in Cadfaels soldiering youth and unaware of his fathers identity, Olivier will die if he is not freed. Like never before, Cadfael must boldly defy the abbot. The good brother forsakes the order to follow his heartbut what he finds will challenge his soul.