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Name: The First Cadfael Omnibus

Author: Ellis Peters
Year: 1988
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Mystery, Historical fiction

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ISBNs:
9780708849224
9780751504767
0708849229
0751504769

A MORBID TASTE FOR BONES. In 1137 the head of Shrewsbury Abbey decided to acquire the remains of St Winifred. Brother Cadfael is part of the expedition sent to her final resting place in Wales and they find the villagers passionately divided by the Benedictines' offer for the saint's relics. Canny, wise and all too worldly, Cadfael isn't surprised when this taste for bones leads to bloody murder. ONE CORPSE TOO MANY. In 1138, war between King Stephen and the Empress Maud takes Brother Cadfael from the quiet world of his garden to the bloody battlefield. Not far from the safety of the Abbey walls, Shrewsbury Castle falls, leaving its ninety-four defenders loyal to the Empress to hang as traitors. With a heavy heart, Brother Cadfael agrees to bury the dead, but discovers ninety-five bodies awaiting his attention. MONK'S-HOOD. Brother Cadfael's herb garden is flourishing under his care, then a local dignitary is poisoned with one of the herbalist's own concoctions and Cadfael finds he has to defend himself and another suspect whom he is sure is innocent.

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"The Fifth Cadfael Omnibus"
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"Brother Cadfael's Penance"
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"The Third Cadfael Omnibus"
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"The Summer of the Danes"
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"The Fourth Cadfael Omnibus"
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"The Heretic's Apprentice"
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"The Potter's Field"
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"The Confession of Brother Haluin"
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"The Hermit of Eyton Forest"
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"The Raven in the Foregate"
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"An Excellent Mystery"
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"Dead Man's Ransom"
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"The Pilgrim of Hate"
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"The Devil's Novice"
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"The Virgin in the Ice"
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"The Leper of Saint Giles"
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"Saint Peter's Fair"
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"Monk's Hood"
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"One Corpse Too Many"
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