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Dead man's ransom. Chronicles of Brother Cadfael by Peters, Ellis is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Brother Cadfael must intervene when a prisoner exchange is interrupted by love and murder, in the Silver Dagger Award–winning medieval mystery series. In February of 1141, men march home from war to Shrewsbury, but the captured sheriff Gilbert Prestcote is not among them. Elis, a young Welsh prisoner, is delivered to the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul to begin a tale that will test Brother Cadfael’s sense of justice—and his heart. By good fortune, it seems, the prisoner can be exchanged as Sheriff Prestcote’s ransom. What no one expects is that good-natured Elis will be struck down by cupid’s arrow. The sheriff’s own daughter holds him in thrall, and she, too, is blind with passion. But regaining her father means losing her lover. The sheriff, ailing and frail, is brought to the abbey’s infirmary—wherehe is murdered. Suspicion falls on the prisoner, who has only his Welsh honor to gain Brother Cadfael’s help. And Cadfael gives it, not knowing the truth will be a trial for his own soul.

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Peters, Ellis
Publisher
Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
Published
1999
Language
EN
ISBN
9780751547979
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Thriller, Fiction
Rating
4.04 / 5 (3,285 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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