The Rose Rent
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$32.45
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
16 January 1997
Summary
A late spring in 1142 brings dismay to the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, for there may be no roses by June the twenty-second. On that day the young widow Perle must receive one white rose as rent for the house she has given to benefit the abbey or the contract is void. When nature finally complies, a pious monk is sent to pay the rent, but discovers that the rose bush has been destroyed and he is then found murdered inside it. The abbey’s wise herbalist, Brother Cadfael, follows the tr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751517415 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0751517410 |
| Author: | Ellis Peters |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 16 January 1997 |
| Weight: | 140g |
| Dimensions: | 177mm x 109mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Cadfael Chronicles |
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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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