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Dead man's ransom the ninth chronicle of Brother Cadfael, of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, of Shrewsbury

The year is 1141 and civil war continues to rage. When the sheriff of Shropshire is taken prisoner, arrangements are made to exchange him for Elis, a young Welshman. But when the sheriff is brought to the abbey, he is murdered. Suspicion falls on Elis, who has fallen in love with the sheriff's daughter. With nothing but his honor to protect him, Elis appeals to Brother Cadfael for help. And Brother Cadfael gives it, not knowing that the truth will be a trial for his own soul.

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  • "The year is 1141 and civil war continues to rage. When the sheriff of Shropshire is taken prisoner, arrangements are made to exchange him for Elis, a young Welshman. But when the sheriff is brought to the abbey, he is murdered. Suspicion falls on Elis, who has fallen in love with the sheriff's daughter. With nothing but his honor to protect him, Elis appeals to Brother Cadfael for help. And Brother Cadfael gives it, not knowing that the truth will be a trial for his own soul."@en
  • "In the battle of Lincoln, the sheriff of Shropshire is captured, and the king himself is detained by his enemies. An exchange of prisoners is arranged: the sheriff will be bartered for a young Welsh lordling who has been captured during a misguided assault on a convent. All seems to be going according to plan until one of the prisoners dies under mysterious circumstances before the exchange is completed. Cadfael must determine whether the death was accidental or contrived."@en
  • "In the battle of Lincoln, the sheriff of Shropshire is captured, and the king himself is detained by his enemies. An exchange of prisoners is arranged: the sheriff will be bartered for a young Welsh lordling who has been captured during a misguided assault on a convent. All seems to be going according to plan until one of the prisoners dies under mysterious circumstances before the exchange is completed. Cadfael must determine whether the death was accidental or contrived."
  • "In the early twelfth century, civil war rages between the English and the Welsh. In the battle of Lincoln, the Welsh capture the sheriff of Shropshire and barter him for a young Welsh lord, who had been captured during a misguided assault on a convent. But before the exchange can be completed, one of the prisoners mysteriously dies. Brother Cadfael suspects foul play--his theory hanging on a single thread that binds together the destinies of an unusual trio of young lovers. The unraveling of their tale yields a powerful subtext that explores the nature of love, identity, and divided loyalty."@en
  • "During a skirmish between Shrewbury and Wales in the 12th century, the English trade a Welsh lord for Prestcote, Sheriff of Shropshire. Before the exchange can be completed, Prestcote dies, and Brother Cadfael gathers the clues to solve the murder."@en
  • "HISTORICAL MYSTERIES. Philip Madoc stars as Brother Cadfael in a series of BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatizations that teem with twelfth-century suspenseThe year is 1141 and civil war continues to rage. When the sheriff of Shropshire is taken prisoner, arrangements are made to exchange him for Elis, a young Welshman. But when the sheriff is brought to the abbey, he is murdered. Suspicion falls on Elis, who has fallen in love with the sheriff s daughter. With nothing but his honor to protect him, Elis appeals to Brother Cadfael for help. And Brother Cadfael gives it, not knowing that the truth will be a trial for his own soul.""
  • "It is early in the twelfth century and the civil war between King Stephen and the Empress Maud rages with renewed vigor. In the battle of Lincoln, the sheriff of Shropshire is captured and the king himself is detained by his enemies. An exchange of prisoners is arranged: the sheriff will be bartered for a young Welsh lordling who has been captured during a misguided assault on a convent."@en
  • "It is early in the twelfth century and the civil war between King Stephen and the Empress Maud rages with renewed vigor. In the battle of Lincoln, the sheriff of Shropshire is captured and the king himself is detained by his enemies. An exchange of prisoners is arranged: the sheriff will be bartered for a young Welsh lordling who has been captured during a misguided assault on a convent."
  • ""It is 1141. In Shrewsbury, civil war is tearing the country apart as the bitter feud between King Stephen and Maud shows no sign of abating. But within the serene walls of the Benedictine abbey of St Peter and St Paul, peace still reigns and Brother Cadfael, himself a former soldier of the crusades, now uses prayer as his only weapon. When a Welsh prisoner of war is brought to him for treatment of a sword-wound, Cadfael finds the conflict rudely interrupting the harmony of religious life. As the foster son of the Prince of North Wales, the young soldier is a prized possession-so valuable, in fact, that he can be offered in exchange for Gilbert Prescott, Sheriff of Shrewsbury, who has been captured by the Welsh. A swap is duly arranged but, when one of the prisoners is found dead before the final transaction takes place, the community learns the horrifying truth: there is a murderer in the monastery. Can Cadfael find out who it is?" -- from the publisher - (July 2006)."
  • "When the village of Shrewsbury's own sheriff, Gilbert Prestcote, is taken prisoner by the Empress Maud's forces, its citizens are prepared to exchange him for a man of equal value they have within their possession. But soon after Prestcote arrives for the prisoner exchange, he dies. Was it death by natural causes or a most unnatural murder?"@en
  • "It is 1141. In Shrewsbury, civil war is tearing the country apart as the bitter feud between King Stephen and Maud shows no sign of abating. But within the serene walls of the Benedictine abbey of St Peter and St Paul, peace still reigns and Brother Cadfael, himself a former soldier of the crusades, now uses prayer as his only weapon. When a Welsh prisoner of war is brought to him for treatment of a sword-wound, Cadfael finds the conflict rudely interrupting the harmony of religious life. As the foster son of the Prince of North Wales, the young soldier is a prized possession-so valuable, in fact, that he can be offered in exchange for Gilbert Prescott, Sheriff of Shrewsbury, who has been captured by the Welsh. A swap is duly arranged but, when one of the prisoners is found dead before the final transaction takes place, the community learns the horrifying truth: there is a murderer in the monastery. Can Cadfael find out who it is?"
  • "When the aging and sickly sheriff of Shrewsbury dies only Brother Cadfael thinks he was murdered."@en

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