An Excellent Mystery

An Excellent Mystery (1985) Ellis Peters (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #11)

Set in Shrewsbury in 1141

As a brother of the Order I would wish to keep my hands from violence against any, but for all that, I hope I would not turn my back if I saw innocence or helplessness being abused.

He looked at the newly-turned earth with a sick heart, and wondered whose daughters lay beneath.

It is the small things we remember, when time and mortality close in, and by small landmarks we may make our way at last humbly into another world.

Characters: Brother Cadfael, Hugh Beringar, Brother Humilis / Godfrid Marescot, Brother Fidelis, Brother Rhun, Abbot Radulfus, Brother Urien, Brother Simon, Brother Edmund, Prior Robert, Brother Jerome, Brother Porter, Brother Oswin, Lady Julian Cruce, Reginald Cruce, Humphrey Cruce, Adam Heriet, Edric Heriet, Nicholas Harnage, Bishop Henry of Winchester, Sister Magdalen, Aline Beringar, Constance, Giles Beringar, Madog of the Dead Boat, John Bonde, Earl Warin, Arnulf, Wulfric, Renfred, Aunt Elfrid, Sister Magdalen, Aelred

Publisher: Mysterious Press

Rating: 9/10

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