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ISBN : 0-7515-0111-5
First published in the UK 1992
Published in the UK by Warner Futura
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The Sanctuary Sparrow
First Published 1983
Sudden drama strikes the Benedictine monastery at Shrewsbury when
a young man, pursued by a lynching mob, claims sanctuary just in time
to save his own life. The accusation is robbery and murder: yet Brother
Cadfael senses his innocence and sets out to solve yet another tangle
of human passions where love - both in its brighter and darker aspects
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The Devil's Novice
First Published 1983
In the autumn of 1140 the Benedictine monastery at Shrewsbury finds
its new novice Meriet Aspley a disturbing presence. Meek and biddable
by day, his sleep is rent with nightmares so violent as to earn him
the nickname of 'Devil's Novice'. Can Meriet be involved in the nearby
disappearance of a superior prelate? As events take a sinister turn
it falls to Brother Cadfael to detect the truth behind the young man's
predicament.
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Dead Man's Ransom
First Published 1984
The year is 1141 and civil war continues to rage. In the battle.
of Lincoln the sheriff of Shropshire is captured and the king himself
taken prisoner by his enemies. Nothing more natural than that an exchange
of prisoners should take place. But before this can be completed,
one captive is murdered. And to Brother Cadfael, who first notices
the evidence of unnatural death, falls the task Of gathering enough
clues to prove it.
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