Ellis Peters

Ellis Peters
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Ellis Peters is a pseudonym of Edith Mary Pargeter (1913–1995), a British author whose Chronicles of Brother Cadfael are credited with popularizing the historical mystery. Cadfael, a Welsh Benedictine monk living at Shrewsbury Abbey in the first half of the twelfth century, has been described as combining the curious mind of a scientist with the bravery of a knight-errant. The character has been adapted for television, and the books drew international attention to Shrewsbury and its history.

Pargeter won an Edgar Award in 1963 for Death and the Joyful Woman, and in 1993 she won the Cartier Diamond Dagger, an annual award given by the Crime Writers’ Association of Great Britain. She was appointed officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1994, and in 1999 the British Crime Writers’ Association established the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger award, later called the Ellis Peters Historical Award.

Books By Ellis Peters (46 Books)

Brother Cadfael's Penance
Monk's Hood
One Corpse Too Many
The Hermit of Eyton Forest
The Sanctuary Sparrow
The Potter's Field
The Holy Thief
A Rare Benedictine

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The Virgin in the Ice
Dead Man's Ransom
The Leper of Saint Giles
The Heretic's Apprentice
The Rose Rent
The Confession of Brother Haluin
The Raven in the Foregate
A Morbid Taste for Bones
The Summer of the Danes
An Excellent Mystery
The Pilgrim of Hate
The Devil's Novice
Saint Peter's Fair
Death and the Joyful Woman
The Piper on the Mountain
Fallen into the Pit
Flight of a Witch
The Grass Widow's Tale
A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs
Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Heart
The House of Green Turf
The Will and the Deed
Mourning Raga
Never Pick Up Hitch-Hikers!
The Horn of Roland
Holiday with Violence
The Lily Hand
The Knocker on Death's Door
Funeral of Figaro
Rainbow's End
Death Mask
Most Loving Mere Folly
City of Gold and Shadows
The Assize of the Dying
Death to the Landlords
The Felse Investigations Volume One
The Felse Investigations Volume Two
The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael Volume One

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