SUMMARY: A savage murder interrupts an ill-fated marriage set to take place at Brother Cadfael's abbey, leaving the monk with a terrible mystery to solve. The key to the killing is hidden among the inhabitants of the Saint Giles leper colony, and Brother Cadfael must ferret out a sickness not of t
The leper of Saint Giles: the fifth chronicle of Brother Cadfael
โ Scribed by Ellis Peters
- Publisher
- Thorndike Press
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 156 KB
- Edition
- Large print edition
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0786213752
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
SUMMARY:
A savage murder interrupts an ill-fated marriage set to take place at Brother Cadfael's abbey, leaving the monk with a terrible mystery to solve. The key to the killing is hidden among the inhabitants of the Saint Giles leper colony, and Brother Cadfael must ferret out a sickness not of the body, but of a twisted mind.
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