The Rose Rent

The Thirteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael

De: Ellis Peters

Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon

A late spring in 1142 has the monks of Shrewsbury Abbey dismayed, for there may be no roses by June 22. For three years, wealthy young widow Judith Perle has rented her house to the monks for the price of a single white rose each year, in honor of her late husband. When nature finally complies, a pious monk is sent to pay the rent—and found murdered beside the hacked rosebush.

Without a rose, the monks' rental contract becomes void, adding greatly to the widow's dowry. But before Brother Cadfael can ponder whether a greedy suitor has done this dreadful deed, another crime is committed. Now the good monk must thread his way through a tangle more tortuous than the widow's thorny bushes and root out a killer.

©1986 Ellis Peters (P)1990 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“The joys in the Peters mysteries lie in the telling—the historical detail, the view of medieval life in town and monastery, the lively characterization, and the author’s graceful, literate prose.”

(Washington Post)

“Not only immensely competent and professional, but also a delight to read.”

(Times Literary Supplement (London))

“Brother Cadfael, in this thirteenth adventure, is as keen and human as ever. The Rose Rent is one of his most satisfactory chronicles.”

(Financial Times (London))

“Peters is in fine form in this thirteenth book, with a leisurely mystery that once again creates a twelfth century world that is both comfortable and strange, and a series of delightful, interesting characters.”

(Publishers Weekly)

Good on balance

May reads too fast and there's not enough vocal differentiation of the various characters, but it's still a wonderful story and a very good mystery.

Great book

So easy to read. Characters full and alive.

I loved reading
it very much indeed.

Good story

One of the better Cadfael stories, well-paced and intriguing. It's not the most challenging whodunit, as I could guess the murderer fairly early on, but the characters and writing are both pretty enchanting, so I stayed with it. The only complaint is a minor one: the recording quality is inconsistent. There appears to be a different narrator in one chapter, and some passages are repeated. It's nothing too egregious, but it's a little jarring when it happens. Still recommend it, though.

Audible version of book doesn't work!

The reason for my giving a low rating to this book is because this is the 5th Audible book in this wonderful series where the Audible doesn't match with the Kindle written version. I couldn't read along as I like on my Kindle Fire. The recording would stop everytime I attempted to read.. So now I will check my library or do without the Audible. The reader was excellent; I just couldn't follow along.

Best yet

Great story and a good mystery. As always likable characters.

A nice escape from the toils of the day.