A monk embarks on a dangerous quest to find a trio of missing travelers in this medieval mystery by an Edgar Award-winning author. The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturbing of events. Raging civil war has sent refugees fleeing north from Worcester. Among them are two orphans from a noble family, a boy of thirteen and an … thirteen and an eighteen-year-old girl of great beauty, and their companion, a young Benedictine nun. The trio never reaches Shrewsbury, having disappeared somewhere in the wild countryside.
Cadfael is afraid for these three lost lambs, but another call for help sends him to the church of Saint Mary. A wounded monk, found naked and bleeding by the roadside, will surely die without Cadfael’s healing arts. Why this holy man has been attacked and what his fevered ravings reveal soon give Brother Cadfael a clue to the fate of the missing travelers. Now Cadfael sets out on a dangerous quest to find them. The road will lead him to a chill and terrible murder and a tale of passion gone awry. And at journey’s end awaits a vision of what is best, and worst, in humankind.
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Enjoyable read!
Cadfael is one of my favorite characters. Almost every one of the Cadfael novels is a delight!
Love Brother Cadfael mysteries
I read the entire Cadfael series years ago. Fell in love!!! Written very well and the characters are both wonderful or extremely detestable. As an historian and archaeologist I appreciate the realism she portrays of medieval England.
Love Br. Cadfael and Ellis Peters’ descriptions of 12th Century England and its people.
Can’t go wrong with a Cadfael mystery.
The Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters is just what one wishes to find in historical fiction. Each installation advances a year or so in the real history of the time (early 1100s) and place (Shrewsbury Abbey and its surrounds in Shropshire, England). Every book revisits various characters that have previously been introduced (and became my friends!), so it is best to start at the beginning. The gentle Brother Cadfael, former man of war turned Benedictine monk, finds a frozen body in a stream while looking for some missing children, and sets about to discover who it is and what happened. I love how the fictional mystery fits seamlessly into the actual history (civil war) that is taking place at this time. This series was one of my first forays into historical fiction, and was good enough that I read all of the 23 books in the series that I could lay hands on, and went looking for other good historical fiction. I highly recommend this book!
Interesting historical reading with engaging Father Cadfael. Love this series
As always!
Love the timeline
I’ve read every Cadfil book and they are all very satisfying
Always love the characters in these
I love Ellis Peter’s Brother Cadfael series. It has been a long time since I had read any of the books. Virgin in Ice held my attention just as well as it did the first time I read it.
Another outstanding story to the Cadfael series. The mystery keeps you guessing and portrays the time period accurately. Loved it!
Brother Cadfael is the best.
Peters engages his readers with 12th century sleuthing. Wonderful characters.
Whenever I see a Brother Cadfael book, I just get it. I don’t need any reviews; I know it will be the best thing I read all month!
Brother Cafael never fails to deliver. I’ve read Virgin In The Ice more than once and enjoy it every time.
Another in the Cadfael series, this book is sixth in the series. It takes Brother Cadfael outside of his home in Shrewsbury and into the Priory of Bromfield. An old friend, now the Prior there, has asked for his help treating a gravely injured monk. Lots of mysteries, involving two missing children of a deceased nobleman and their young nun chaperone. Throw in marauding brigands, the ongoing war between the empress Maude and King Stephen and there are plenty of mysteries for Cadfael to solve. This story brings in Cadfael’s friend, the Sub-sheriff Hugh to help in putting down the brigands and dispense the kings justice to reach a satisfactory conclusion for the story. In all a very entertaining read.
Loved the series on TV but love the books even more.