The Hermit of Eyton Forest (The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael Book 14)

The Hermit of Eyton Forest (The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael Book 14)

by Peters, Ellis

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242 pages~4 hr readPublished by MysteriousPress.com/Open Road

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About this book

The year is 1142, and England is torn by civil war. At the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, a chain of significant events unfolds within its cloisters. Richard Ludel, Lord of Eyton, has died. His ten-year-old son and heir, also named Richard, attends the abbey as a pupil. The boy resists surrendering his newly inherited powers to Dionysia, his angry and formidable grandmother. A hermit named Cuthred, who is protected by Lady Dionysia, arrives as a stranger to the region. Cuthred's young companion Hyacinth befriends young Richard. Despite Cuthred's reputation for holiness, his arrival coincides with a series of troubles for the monks. When a body is discovered in Eyton forest, Brother Cadfael applies his understanding of human nature to identify a murderer.

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