Um Gosto Mórbido por Ossos (Série Pêndulo #2)

[A Morbid Taste for Bones (1977) -- Brother Cadfael Chronicles, #1]
O Prior Robert tinha um sonho: viera ao País de Gales para conseguir as ossadas de uma santa que fazia milagres.

O Irmão Columbanus tinha uma ambição: Quisera a fama de um modo pouco apropriado a um monge.

O Irmão Cadfael tinha um passado: Conhecera o mundo exterior e estava disposto a esquecê-lo.

Mas o Irmão John tinha um problema: Havia na sua vida uma mulher e queria conservá-la.

E para tornar estes problemas medievais ainda piores – subitamente todos se viram envolvidos num assassinato.

[Sobre a Autora] Edith Mary Pargeter (1913 – 1995), also known by her nom de plume - Ellis Peters - was a British author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction. |...| Brother Cadfael is the fictional main character in a series of historical murder mysteries written between 1977 and 1994 by the linguist-scholar Edith Pargeter under the name "Ellis Peters". As a character Brother Cadfael is a Benedictine monk of Shrewsbury Abbey, in western England, in the first half of the 12th century. He was born in Wales, now manages the herbarium, preparing medicines and salves for monks and locals, 59 years old. Once a soldier in the Crusade, Cadfael is the centre of this series of 20 novels set in the Anarchy in the 12th Century. in western England, in the first half of the 12th century. The historically accurate stories are set between about 1135 and about 1145, during "The Anarchy", the destructive contest for the crown of England between King Stephen and Empress Maud. [From Wikipedia].

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