{"id":24290,"date":"2025-02-28T20:01:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T01:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=24290"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:37:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:37:55","slug":"the-holy-thief-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24290","title":{"rendered":"The Holy Thief"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Holy Thief<\/em><\/a> (1992) Ellis Peters<\/a> (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #19)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Set in Shropshire, England in 1144<\/p>\n

At first glance a lovely innocent, as open as his wide eyes, and with the silken pink and whiteness of a girl, but a more penetrating study revealed that this childlike colouring was imposed upon an oval face of classic symmetry and sharp and incisive moulding. The colouring of roses on those pure marble lines had almost the air of a disguise, behind which an engaging but slightly perilous creature lurked in possibly mischievous ambush.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In a country still torn between two rivals for sovereignty, and plagued by numerous uncommitted lords more interested in carving out kingdoms of their own, wise men observed their hospitable duties and opened their houses to all, but waited to examine credentials before opening their minds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The scope of humanity is terrifyingly wide.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Brother Cadfael, Hugh Beringar, Abbot Radulfus, Brother Anselm, Brother Denis, Brother Rhun, Brother Jerome, Brother Richard, Prior Robert, Brother Paul, Brother Urien, Brother Matthew, Brother Porter, Brother Tutilo, Brother Vitalis, Sub-Prior Herluin, Donata Blount, Abbot Walter, Sulien Blount, Pernel Otmere, Eudo Blount, R\u00e9my of Pertuis, B\u00e9nezet, Daalny, Nicol, Father Boniface, Cynric, Gregory, Lambert, Aldhelm, Master James of Betton, Martin, Roger from Ramsey, Payne, Robert Beaumont \/ Robert Bossu, Waleran Beaumont, Aline Beringar<\/p>\n

Publisher: MysteriousPress<\/p>\n

Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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