The Devil's Novice (Brother Cadfael Series #8)

by Ellis Peters

Overview

In the autumn of 1140 the Benedictine monastery at Shrewsbury finds its new novice Meriet Aspley a bit disturbing. The younger son of a prominent family, Meriet is meek and biddable by day, but his sleep is rife with nightmares so violent that they earn him the name of "Devil's Novice". Shunned by the other monks, Aspley attracts the concern of Brother Cadfael. Then a body appears, that of a young priest last seen at the Aspley estate. Can Meriet be involved in the death? As events take a sinister turn, it falls to Brother Cadfael to detect the truth.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780446405157
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	02/01/1997
Series:	Brother Cadfael Series , #8
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	288,086
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Although she wrote under a number of pseudonyms, Edith Mary Pargeter (1913-1995) is perhaps best known as the mystery author Ellis Peters. Pargeter wrote the Brother Cadfael series featuring a medieval Benedictine monk. She won many writing awards during her lifetime and a number of her Brother Cadfael books were made into television movies.