The Summer of the Danes (Brother Cadfael Series #18)

by Ellis Peters

Overview

In the summer of 1144, a strange calm has settled over England. The armies of King Stephen & Empress Maud, the two royal cousins contending for the throne, have temporarily exhausted each other. On the whole, Brother Cadfael considers peace a blessing & agrees to accompany a friend to Wales. When Cadfael is captured by an army of Danish mercenaries, he finds himself in the midst of a brotherly quarrel that could plunge an entire kingdom into deadly chaos.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780892964482
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	06/01/1991
Series:	Brother Cadfael Series , #18
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	570,983
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.75(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.

Editorial Reviews

Twelfth-century monk and sleuth Brother Cadfael, making his 18th appearance, must go deep into Wales on a pilgrimage of Church diplomacy. ( Nov. )

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