Ellis Peters

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September 28, 1913

died

October 14, 1995

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A pseudonym used by Edith Pargeter.

Edith Mary Pargeter, BEM (September 28, 1913 in Horsehay, Shropshire, England –October 14, 1995) was a prolific author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics; she is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both historical and modern. Born in the village of Horsehay (Shropshire, England), she had Welsh ancestry, and many of her short stories and books (both fictional and non-fictional) were set in Wales and its borderlands.

During World War II, she worked in an administrative role in the Women's Royal Naval Service, and received the British Empire Medal - BEM.

Pargeter wrote under a number of pseudonyms; it was...more

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Books by Ellis Peters

Average rating: 3.98 · 35,829 ratings · 1,525 reviews · 108 distinct works

	A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 6,261 ratings — published 1977 — 36 editions	My rating:
	Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #5) 4.07 avg rating — 2,561 ratings — published 1981 — 26 editions	My rating:
	One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2) 4.00 avg rating — 2,654 ratings — published 1979 — 37 editions	My rating:
	Monk's-Hood 3.93 avg rating — 1,874 ratings — published 1980 — 33 editions	My rating:
	The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6) 4.03 avg rating — 1,755 ratings — published 1898 — 28 editions	My rating:
	St. Peter's Fair (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #4) 3.99 avg rating — 1,670 ratings — published 1981 — 29 editions	My rating:
	An Excellent Mystery (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #11) 4.08 avg rating — 1,331 ratings — published 1985 — 23 editions	My rating:
	The Potter's Field (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #17) 3.99 avg rating — 1,320 ratings — published 1990 — 23 editions	My rating:
	The Rose Rent (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #13) 4.05 avg rating — 1,324 ratings — published 1986 — 27 editions	My rating:
	The Devil's Novice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #8) 3.96 avg rating — 1,240 ratings — published 1983 — 25 editions	My rating:

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Series by Ellis Peters

Chronicles of Brother Cadfael (21 books)
by Ellis Peters

3.99 avg rating — 33,615 ratings

Felse (13 books)
by Ellis Peters

3.71 avg rating — 1,396 ratings

Quotes by Ellis Peters

“I do believe I begin to grasp the nature of miracles! For would it be a miracle, if there was any reason for it? Miracles have nothing to do with reason. Miracles contradict reason, they strike clean across mere human deserts, and deliver and save where they will. If they made sense, they would not be miracles.”
― Ellis Peters, A Morbid Taste for Bones

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“Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.”
― Ellis Peters, The Raven in the Foregate

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“Truth is a hard master, and costly to serve, but it simplifies all problems.”
― Ellis Peters

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Polls

Please vote for the book you would like to read in april. The 3 books with the most votes will be the book club selections. Voting ends March 21, 2010

The Bone Collector

by Jeffery Deaver

13 votes, 23.2%

One for the Money

by Janet Evanovich

12 votes, 21.4%

Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

11 votes, 19.6%

The Thin Woman

by Dorothy Cannell

8 votes, 14.3%

A Morbid Taste for Bones: The First Chronicle of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters

5 votes, 8.9%

Catering to Nobody (Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery, Book 1)

Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson

3 votes, 5.4%

The Black Echo by Michael Connelly

2 votes, 3.6%

I, the Jury

by Mickey Spillane

1 vote, 1.8%

Devil in a Blue Dress

by Walter Mosley

1 vote, 1.8%

56 total votes

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