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To save his estranged son, a monk risks breaking his vows in this "moving and suspenseful" entry in the Silver Dagger Award??winning medieval mystery series (Booklist). For Brother Cadfael in the autumn of his life, the mild November of our Lord's year 1145 may bring a bitter??and deadly??harvest. England is torn between supporters of the Empress Maud and those of her cousin Stephen. The civil strife is about to jeopardize not only Cadfael's life, but his hopes of Heaven.
While Cadfael has sometimes bent the abbey's rules, he has never broken his monastic vows??until now. Word has come to Shrewsbury of a treacherous act that has left thirty of Maud's knights imprisoned. All have been ransomed except Cadfael's secret son, Olivier de Bretagne. Conceived in Cadfael's soldiering youth and unaware of his father's identity, Olivier will die if he is not freed. Like never before, Cadfael must boldly defy the abbot. The good brother forsakes the order to follow his heart??but what he finds will challenge… (altro)
Año 1145. El equilibrio de fuerzas entre el rey Esteban y la empreatriz Matilde pone de manifiesto la necesidad de buscar una solución negociada al conflicto que los enfrenta. Para ello, se convoca una reunión en Coventry el último día de Noviembre. Fray Cadfael pide licencia a su abad, Radulfo, para asistir a ella. No por interés político, que no lo tiene, sino humano, encontrar a un joven caballero, Oliveros de Bretaña, que cayó prisionero de las tropas de Esteban cuando se le rindió el castillo de Faringdon. Y es que Oliveros de Bretaña es el hijo de Cadfael. En Conventry, para su decepción, el monje no logra descubrir el rastro de su hijo, pero sí algo preocupante: que no todo el mundo está a favor de la paz, que existen poderosas fuerzas que se benefician del sufrimiento de muchos, que un aura de reprimida violencia preside las reuniones.
When a fortress is betrayed to King Stephen's forces, the defenders are passed out to the victors to be ransomed. When both King Stephen & Maud meet at a neutral site, someone is found murdered outside the church. Cadfael in search of his son must uncover who committed the act before an innocent man is hanged. But when the prime suspect is kidnapped by a man bent on vengeance, Cadfael stumbles on his son's whereabouts. Everything is suddenly complicated when Maud surrounds the castle with the avenger, the prime suspect, the son, & Cadfael in it. Will Cadfael keep everyone involved alive before a massacre occurs? ( )
I've been putting off reading this, the last of the Brother Cadfael series, but I'm glad I finally did take the plunge. Without spoilers: Brother Cadfael finds himself having to leave his duties in order to assist in brokering a peace between Empress Maud and King Stephen. There's also some unfinished business from previous books that is being addressed, so don't read this until you've read the previous entries. Nice swan song. ( )
I've enjoyed the few Cadfael books I've read, but this one didn't do much for me. I went in expecting a mystery, but the murder and the search for Cadfael's missing son take a backseat to the politics behind the war that was devastating the country at the time. ( )
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The Earl of Leicester's courier came riding over the bridge that spanned the Severn, and into the town of Shrewsbury, somewhat past noon on a day at the beginning of November, with three months' news in his saddle roll.
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'Get up now, and come with your brothers into the choir.'
To save his estranged son, a monk risks breaking his vows in this "moving and suspenseful" entry in the Silver Dagger Award??winning medieval mystery series (Booklist). For Brother Cadfael in the autumn of his life, the mild November of our Lord's year 1145 may bring a bitter??and deadly??harvest. England is torn between supporters of the Empress Maud and those of her cousin Stephen. The civil strife is about to jeopardize not only Cadfael's life, but his hopes of Heaven.
While Cadfael has sometimes bent the abbey's rules, he has never broken his monastic vows??until now. Word has come to Shrewsbury of a treacherous act that has left thirty of Maud's knights imprisoned. All have been ransomed except Cadfael's secret son, Olivier de Bretagne. Conceived in Cadfael's soldiering youth and unaware of his father's identity, Olivier will die if he is not freed. Like never before, Cadfael must boldly defy the abbot. The good brother forsakes the order to follow his heart??but what he finds will challenge
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