The Potter's Field by Ellis Peters - ISBN: 9780751527339
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Secrets buried in the earth, a monk’s past, and deadly revelations.

The Potter's Field

The Seventeenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    17 May 1999

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Summary

The year is 1143, and once again Brother Cadfael is forced to abandon the tranquility of his herb garden and use his knowledge of human nature to solve a murder—this time frighteningly close to home. When a newly ploughed field, recently given to the Abbey, yields the body of a young woman, Cadfael is quickly thrown into a delicate situation. The field was once owned by a local potter named Ruald, who deserted his beautiful wife to take monastic vows among the Benedictines. The woman was said…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780751527339
ISBN-10:0751527335
Author:Ellis Peters
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Sphere
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Edition:New edition
Release Date:17 May 1999
Weight:147g
Dimensions:176mm x 106mm x 24mm
Series:Cadfael Chronicles
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Critics Review

A pleasing and unusual mixture of suspense and historical fiction.

** ‘A pleasing and unusual mixture of suspense and historical fiction.’ EVENING STANDARD

About The Author

Ellis Peters

Ellis Peters is one of the pseudonyms of Edith Pargeter, who wrote several books under her own name and also Peter Benedict, Jolyon Carr, and John Redfern. She was the recipient of the Crime Writers Association and the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award. She died in 1995.

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