The potters field by edith pargeter pen name ellis peters is the seventeenth installment in the brother cadfael series of mysteries. The potters field 1989 finalist 1989 agatha award for best novel. The potters field is a medieval mystery novel by ellis peters set in august to december 1143. But following the death of henry i, with no male heir, the country is divided the armies of henrys daughter the empress maud and her cousin, king stephen, mass to the west and east. Seventy years have passed since the conquest of england by william of normandy.
Read funeral of figaro by ellis peters available from rakuten kobo. In 1143 a body is discovered as the brothers are plowing a field newly donated to the abbey. See all books authored by ellis peters, including a morbid taste for bones, and one corpse too many, and more on. During her literary career, she wrote mysteries, historical fiction, nonfiction and translated czech classics. The time is the 1100s, while stephen and maud are contending for the throne of england.
The author or over a dozen mysteries and historical novels, she decided in 1977 to combine the two pursuits and launch her series of brother cadfael mysteries. Under her own name she wrote numerous critically acclaimed historical novels including a bloody field by shrewsbury and the brothers of gwynedd quartet. Buy the sanctuary sparrow by ellis peters with free. The monks begin to plow it, and the blades turn up the long tresses of a young woman, dead over a year. The character has been adapted for television, and the books drew international attention to shrewsbury and its history. The seventeenth chronicle of brother cadfael of the benedict ellis peters on. Potters field definition and meaning collins english. It was his part to keep a strict eye upon the property and funds of the house, to reckon up land, crops, gifts and legacies in the profits they could bring to the monastery of saint peter and saint paul, and he had assessed the potters field with professional shrewdness, and liked what he saw. Potters field the cathedral of saint john the divine, new york city 2001 wood, felt, renounced objects 7 x 168 x 110 this piece explores the idea of renunciation, the principal act commencing spiritual practice. Great deals on one book or all books in the series. The potters field by ellis peters, 9780751527339, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Ellis peters is currently considered a single author.
Find the complete chronicles of brother cadfael book series listed in order. Edith wrote under several different pseudonyms including john redfern, joylon carr and peter benedict, but it was as ellis peters that she would gain the. She is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both historical and modern, and especially for her. The series follows brother cadfael, a monk who joined the cloister in his 40s. If you havent read them, heres what you need to know. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the potters field. Ellis peters a pen name for edith pargeter was born in 19 in shropshire, england, where she still lives. She was daughter to edmund valentine, a clerk and timekeeper at a local ironworks and edith hordley pargeter. Hes overseeing the plowing of the potters field, given to the abbey of saint peter and saint paul by haughmond abbey in exchange for other lands. The sixth omnibus edition of ellis peters compulsive and bestselling medieval whodunnits, now a major itv series starring derek jacobi. In the gentle shrewsbury spring of 1140 the midnight matins at the benedictine abbey suddenly reverberates with an unholy sound a hunt in full cry. Ellis peters is a pseudonym of edith mary pargeter 191995, a british author whose chronicles of brother cadfael are credited with popularizing the historical mystery. Buy the potters field by ellis peters from waterstones today.
She used the name ellis peters on all books written about felse family mysteries. The characters appeared in more books including death and the joyful woman and rainbows end 1979. The seventeenth chronicle of brother cadfael ellis peters on. The potters field by ellis peters bookbub read the potters field by ellis peters available from rakuten kobo.
A guide to cozy mystery and other favorite books, movies, and tv. Wise, wily brother cadfael, herbalist and supersleuth of the 12thcentury benedictine abbey at shrewsbury, is once again faced with an unsettling puzzle. Ellis peters in october of 1142, a local landlord gives the potter s field to the local clergy. He is a welshman, now in his 60s, and a brother in the monastery of saints peter and paul, in shrewsbury, england. The local potter who once owned the field abandoned his wife take vows. Ellis peters was a pseudonym for edith mary pargeter 191995, a british author credited for popularizing the historical mystery with her brother cadfael chronicles. It was adapted for television in 1998 by carlton media and central for itv.
Potters field is the title of a 3 issue limited comic book series plus a one shot written by mark waid and published by boom. Most characters in the cadfael chronicles are fictional, but some are imagined from historical records and really existed in their roles of the period. August, during the ploughing of abbey land, the hastily buried remains of a womans body are unearthed. Chelsea cain the final book in rob harts acclaimed ash mckenna series shows that ash can go home again. Cadfael, a welsh benedictine monk living at shrewsbury abbey in the first h. This unique mystery series, based on the bestselling books by ellis peters, was originally broadcast on the pbs mystery series.
The potters field the summer of the danes by ellis peters. The gifting of a field to the benedictine abbey goes from generous to ghastly when plows turn up a hastily buried body. The summer of the danes 1991 the holy thief 1992 brother cadfaels penance 1994 1. The field was once owned by a local potter named ruald, who had abandoned his beautiful wife, generys, to take monastic vows. Ellis peters books list of books by author ellis peters thriftbooks. The potters field by ellis peters mysterious press. As ellis peters she was the bestselling author of twenty brother cadfael chronicles and the illustrated short story collection a rare benedictine. Funeral of figaro ebook by ellis peters rakuten kobo. Ellis peters books list of books by author ellis peters. Author ellis peters whose real name is edith mary pargeter was born in horsehay, shropshire, england on september 28, 19 and passed away at the age of 82 after going back home after she had a stroke, the date was october 14, 1995 in madeley, shopshire. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Ellis peters was a pseudonym for edith mary pargeter 191995, a british author. See all books authored by ellis peters, including a morbid taste for bones, and one corpse.
Potters field a cemetery for foreigners near jerusalem, bought with the thirty pieces of silver which had been given by the priests to judas as a reward for betraying jesus and which he threw back at them when he realized that what he had done was irreversible. The potters field and millions of other books are available for instant access. The potters field is the seventeenth chronicle of brother cadfael, of the benedictine abbey of saint peter and saint paul, at shrewsbury. The potters field the summer of the danes ellis peters out of stock. The series is set between the years 15 and 1150 during the anarchy. The potters field cadfael, book 17 by ellis peters fantastic fiction. When a newly plowed field recently given to the benedictine abbey of saint peter and saint paul yields the body of a young woman, brother cadfael is quickly thrown into a delicate situation. Sir derek jacobi i, claudius stars as brother cadfael, a compassionate seeker of truth and justice in chaotic world medieval england. A parcel of land, recent gift to the abbey from eudo blount the younger, lord of the manor at nearby longner, is being newly plowed when a womans body, dead at least a year, is accidentally uncovered. Peters 17th mystery featuring brother cadfael finds the 12thcentury monk at his most sober and reflective. Edith mary pargeter popularly known by the pen name ellis peters was born just before the beginning of first world war on september 28, 19, in horsehay, shropshire, england. The seventeenth chronicle of brother cadfael, of the benedictine abbey of saint.
At some distance from the town, the empress maude and her cousin king stephen wage intermittent war for the throne of england. Cadfael is a benedictine monk who works a vegetable garden and herbarium in an abbey in medieval shrewsbury, england. It is the 17th volume of the cadfael chronicles and was first. Ellis peters was the pen name of english novelist edith pargeter 191995. Ash mckenna is my favorite kind of hero, a tough guy romantic with a smart mouth and a dark past. Personal inscription on the front endpaper, else a. The field had been formerly used by a real potter just to clear up any misconceptions about the title. Pursued by a drunken mob, the quarry is running for its life.
The potters field cadfael, book 17 by ellis peters book cover, description. The potters field the chronicles of brother cadfael book. The potters field the chronicles of brother cadfael. The cadfael chronicles is a series of historical fictionmystery novels by english author ellis peters edith pargeter. There are two important prologues to the holy thief. Click here for a post ive written about ellis peters brother cadfael mystery series. The links will take you to the web sites home page. It is the 17th volume of the cadfael chronicles and was first published in 1989. With no identifiable marks, cadfael, hugh beringar, and abbot radulfus go about finding out who this woman is. Cadfael, a welsh benedictine monk living at shrewsbury abbey in the first half of the 12th century, has been described as combining the curious mind of a scientist with the bravery. From there you can navigate to the title you are interested in. The potters field is the name of the seventeenth chronicle in the series of brother cadfael detective books by ellis peters, later turned into a television episode. Search the australian booksellers association website to find a bookseller near you.
Summary of titles in ellis peters the cadfael chronicles, to be published in ebook format by head of zeus in 2014. An opera singer drops dead onstage in a pitchperfect puzzler from the edgar awardwinning author of the chronicles of b. The series has been adapted to radio by bbc radio and television by itv. An unidentified nude female sits propped against a fountain in central park.
Ellis peters was a pseudonym of edith pargeter, obe. Ellis was the last born in a family of three children. Get free shipping on the sanctuary sparrow by ellis peters, from. I highly recommend all of his chronicles of brother cadfael books. The heretics apprentice, the potters field, the summer of the danes. In 1951, she published her first detective book, fallen into the pit, which featured george felse a policeman and his family.