{"id":23946,"date":"2024-09-15T18:58:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T22:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=23946"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:37:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:37:57","slug":"dead-mans-ransom-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/23946","title":{"rendered":"Dead Man’s Ransom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dead Man’s Ransom<\/em><\/a> (1984) Ellis Peters<\/a> (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #9)<\/p>\n

\"Dead<\/a>Set in Shropshire, England and Wales in 1141<\/p>\n

“If none of us ever fell short, or put a foot astray,” said Cadfael sadly, “everything would be good in this great world, but we stumble and fall, every one. We must deal with what we have.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“You\u2019d best leave divine justice to its own business,\u201d said Cadfael mildly, \u201cfor it needs no help from us.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What is done matters, but what is yet to do matters far more.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cShe may have taken vows of chastity, and what she swears she\u2019ll keep. But she has not sworn never to take delight in the looks and converse and company of a proper man. I doubt they\u2019ll ever bring her to consent to that, she\u2019d think it a waste and a shame so to throw God\u2019s good gifts in his teeth.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Cadfael, Abbot Radulfus, Edmund, Rhys, Oswin, Gilbert Prestcote, Melicent Prestcote, Sybilla, Lady Prestcote, Hugh Beringar, Aline Beringar, Alan Herbard, John Marchmain, Sister Magdalen, John Miller, Anion ap Griffri, Griffri ap Llywarch, Elis ap Cynan, Eliud ap Griffith, Owain Gwynedd, Cristina merch Tudur, Tudur ap Rhys, Einon ab Ithel<\/p>\n

Publisher: Mysterious Press<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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