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One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)

Ellis Peters

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May 13, 2008 Susanna - Censored by GoodReads rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery, historical-mystery, historical-fiction, medieval

I've read this before but have no memory of the plot, so I thought I'd read it again.

Later: This is, in a way, a medieval "spy vs. spy" story, and to my mind the best in the Brother Cadfael series.

I think I'd start a reader new to the Cadfael series here, actually. ...more

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Mar 04, 2012 Ann rated it it was amazing

This is the second in the Brother Cadfael Chronicles and the first in the series that I've read.

The year is 1138, and war rages between the forces of King Stephen and those of Empress Maud. At Shrewesbury, where Brother Cadfael is living out his vocation is a Benedictine monk and tending to the gardens and herbarium of Shrewesbury Abbey, King Stephen has given the order to hang a number of men who have been condemned to death as traitors.

Brother Cadfael has taken on the task of perparing the bod ...more

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Aug 16, 2011 Evy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I really enjoyed this book. For a mystery it is not bad but Ellis Peters does a wonderful job bringing delightful characters to life. The characters are such that I want to read more not necessarily to solve the mystery but rather to find out what happens to the characters. The history of the time makes a great backdrop. While historical events are used medieval life is only partially shown. It is shown in a more idealized sense rather than a more realistic sense but it does provide for a great ...more

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