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A Morbid Taste for Bones
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Cadfael's return to his Welsh homeland for a visit proves a rather discomfiting homecoming when an honorable nobleman turns up in a patch of forest with an arrow embedded in his chest. There are questions about the arrow, the man's daughter needs Cadfael's help, and a very odd burial takes place.
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destructive abridgements
- By walterlouis422 on 03-20-16
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The Heretic's Apprentice
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It is June in the Year of Our Lord 1143 when Elave, young clerk to William of Lythwood, returns from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land with his elderly master's body. His mission is twofold, to bury William in his home abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul, and to deliver a dowry to William's adopted daughter Fortunata. But Elave, suspected of harboring views inimical to church doctrine, is held for ecclesiastical trial. And when Aldwin, the Lythwood family clerk hired in Elave's absence, is stabbed to death, Elave is incarcerated not only for heresy, but for murder. Fortunata's dowry, an intricately carved box with mysterious contents, holds the key to the mysteries that spring up around Elave and the Lythwood family. Shrewd and patient, Brother Cadfael is at his best here. Performed by Tony Award-winning actor Derek Jacobi, this sixteenth chronicle of Brother Cadfael is sure to delight old friends and new fans.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Simon Prebble Preferred
- By Joanna on 09-05-14
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The Potter's Field
- The Seventeenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
- By: Ellis Peters
- Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
It is the Summer and Autumn of the Year of Our Lord 1143 in which the gentle monk, Brother Cadfael, is forced to leave the tranquility of his herb garden to find the whole truth behind the murder of a young women whose body was unexpectedly discovered in a newly tilled field recently acquired by the Shrewsbury Abbey in a land exchange.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Audible listeners deserve unabridged books
- By JAJ on 05-13-18
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Brother Cadfael's Penance
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- Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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It is nearing the end of the Year of Our Lord 1145. A monk vows to abandon all earthly ties, but how can Brother Cadfael obey when his son is captured in battle? Olivier de Bretagne is one of many young knights taken prisoner in the current power dispute in Britain, but he is also Cadfael's son, and the monk cannot be objective. A council is planned at Coventry to try to appease the warring factions, and Brother Cadfael asks leave to attend, knowing he must do all in his power to find and deliver his son. This most thrilling and humane of Ellis Peters's novels is filled with excitement, intrigue, and a meticulously depicted medieval background.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointed in Abridged
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The Summer of the Danes
- The Eighteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
- By: Ellis Peters
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- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Brother Cadfael finds himself caught up in a bitter feud between two royal brother whose armies teeter on the brink of civil war.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Slow start to an interesting story.
- By Matthew Jones on 04-19-19
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A Morbid Taste for Bones
- By: Ellis Peters
- Narrated by: Patrick Tull
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 677
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 566
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 560
Cadfael's return to his Welsh homeland for a visit proves a rather discomfiting homecoming when an honorable nobleman turns up in a patch of forest with an arrow embedded in his chest. There are questions about the arrow, the man's daughter needs Cadfael's help, and a very odd burial takes place.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love the new narrator
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The Adventures of Brother Cadfael
- A Collection of Chronicles
- By: Ellis Peters
- Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi
- Length: 17 hrs and 51 mins
- Abridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 178
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 164
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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1 out of 5 stars
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The Heretic's Apprentice
- The Sixteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
- By: Ellis Peters
- Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
It is June in the Year of Our Lord 1143 when Elave, young clerk to William of Lythwood, returns from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land with his elderly master's body. His mission is twofold, to bury William in his home abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul, and to deliver a dowry to William's adopted daughter Fortunata. But Elave, suspected of harboring views inimical to church doctrine, is held for ecclesiastical trial. And when Aldwin, the Lythwood family clerk hired in Elave's absence, is stabbed to death, Elave is incarcerated not only for heresy, but for murder. Fortunata's dowry, an intricately carved box with mysterious contents, holds the key to the mysteries that spring up around Elave and the Lythwood family. Shrewd and patient, Brother Cadfael is at his best here. Performed by Tony Award-winning actor Derek Jacobi, this sixteenth chronicle of Brother Cadfael is sure to delight old friends and new fans.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Simon Prebble Preferred
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The Potter's Field
- The Seventeenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
- By: Ellis Peters
- Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
It is the Summer and Autumn of the Year of Our Lord 1143 in which the gentle monk, Brother Cadfael, is forced to leave the tranquility of his herb garden to find the whole truth behind the murder of a young women whose body was unexpectedly discovered in a newly tilled field recently acquired by the Shrewsbury Abbey in a land exchange.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Brother Cadfael's Penance
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- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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It is nearing the end of the Year of Our Lord 1145. A monk vows to abandon all earthly ties, but how can Brother Cadfael obey when his son is captured in battle? Olivier de Bretagne is one of many young knights taken prisoner in the current power dispute in Britain, but he is also Cadfael's son, and the monk cannot be objective. A council is planned at Coventry to try to appease the warring factions, and Brother Cadfael asks leave to attend, knowing he must do all in his power to find and deliver his son. This most thrilling and humane of Ellis Peters's novels is filled with excitement, intrigue, and a meticulously depicted medieval background.
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2 out of 5 stars
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- By Joanna on 10-18-12
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The Summer of the Danes
- The Eighteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
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- Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
Brother Cadfael finds himself caught up in a bitter feud between two royal brother whose armies teeter on the brink of civil war.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Slow start to an interesting story.
- By Matthew Jones on 04-19-19
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The Bookseller's Tale
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- By: Ann Swinfen
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 461
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Story4 out of 5 stars 458
Oxford, Spring 1353. When young bookseller Nicholas Elyot discovers the body of student William Farringdon floating in the river Cherwell, it looks like a drowning. Soon, however, Nicholas finds evidence of murder. Who could have wanted to kill this promising student? As Nicholas and his scholar friend Jordain try to unravel what lies behind William's death, they learn that he was innocently caught up in a criminal plot.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Held my interest, excellent historical background
- By Marcheta on 04-07-17
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Whose Body?
- By: Dorothy L. Sayers
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story5 out of 5 stars 10
After a corpse wearing pince-nez glasses is found in a bathtub, Lord Peter Wimsey undertakes the case and investigates the deed privately. But determining whether the corpse belongs to a well-known banker or a group of mischief-making medical students is just the beginning of this tangled mystery plot.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Wait is Over
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Arrows of the Queen
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 354
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Chosen by the Companion Rolan, a mystical horse-like being with powers beyond imagining, Talia, once a runaway, has now become a trainee Herald, destined to become one of the Queen's own elite guard. For Talia has certain awakening talents of the mind that only a Companion like Rolan can truly sense. But as Talia struggles to master her unique abilities, time is running out. For conspiracy is brewing in Valdemar, a deadly treason that could destroy Queen and kingdom. Opposed by unknown enemies capable of both diabolical magic and treacherous assassination, the Queen must turn to Talia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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absolutely brillant
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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It's 1194, and Sir Faucon de Ramis, the shire's newly appointed keeper of the pleas, must do his duty and make an official declaration of the cause of a miller's death. Saddled with a clerk who names Faucon his "penance", the shire's first crowner must thread the tangled relationships between the sheriff, the village of Priors Holston, and the priory that once ruled it. As a simple task takes a turn to the political, what seems obvious isn't, and what appears safe turns out to be more dangerous than he could imagine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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- By AmiiraC on 03-20-19
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The Heiress of Linn Hagh
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,106
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,873
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,864
Northumberland, 1809: A beautiful young heiress disappears from her locked bedchamber at Linn Hagh. The local constables are baffled and the townsfolk cry "witchcraft". The heiress' uncle summons help from Detective Lavender and his assistant, Constable Woods, who face one of their most challenging cases.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good, solid cosy mystery
- By Ms Lixie on 07-08-15
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Monk's Hood
- The Third Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
- By: Ellis Peters
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- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Abridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7
It is December in the Year of our Lord 1138 when Gervase Bonel dies after eating sauce laced with poison served which had been served with a partridge. The active ingredient found in the sauce was monkshood, poison if ingested and otherwise known as Wolfsbane. Brother Cadfael made the oil. Who used it as poison? Cadfael assesses the motives of Bonel’s Welsh natural son and his stepson, and deals with Bonel’s widow, who at one time long ago was Cadfae's sweetheart. Drawing upon his knowledge of both herbs and the human heart, Cadfael ultimately uncovers a deadly recipe for murder.
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Lord Peter Wimsey: BBC Radio Drama Collection Volume 1
- Three classic full-cast dramatisations
- By: Dorothy L Sayers
- Narrated by: Ian Carmichael, Peter Jones
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 315
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 267
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 267
Whose Body? first introduced Lord Peter to the world and begins with a corpse in the bath of a London flat. Clouds of Witness finds Wimsey investigating murder close to home, and in Unnatural Death he investigates the suspicious demise of an elderly woman. First broadcast on BBC radio in the 1970s and presented here in their entirety, these full-cast adaptations are admired by fans of the genre worldwide.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great to have the LPW stories on Audible.
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 84
It is the year 1586. England is awash with traitors, plotting to assassinate the Queen and bring about a foreign invasion. The young physician Christoval Alvarez, a refugee from the horrors of the Portuguese Inquisition, is coerced into becoming a code-breaker and agent in Sir Francis Walsingham's secret service. In the race to thwart the plot, who will triumph - the ruthless conspirators or the equally ruthless State?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Story, Somewhat Distracting Narration
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A Plague on Both Your Houses
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- By: Susanna Gregory
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 110
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Story4 out of 5 stars 100
Matthew Bartholomew, unorthodox but effective physician to Michaelhouse college in medieval Cambridge, is as worried as anyone about the pestilence that is ravaging Europe and seems to be approaching England. But he is distracted by the sudden and inexplicable death of the Master of Michaelhouse - a death the University authorities do not want investigated.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Intro to a new series
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Murder with Peacocks
- By: Donna Andrews
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 121
Meg Langslow's summer is not going swimmingly. In her small Virginia hometown, she's the maid of honor at the nuptials of three loved ones - each of whom has dumped the planning in her hands. One bride is set on including a Native American herbal purification ceremony while another wants live peacocks on the lawn. But when an offensive newcomer, who hints at skeletons in the guests' closets, is found dead under suspicious circumstances, level-headed Meg's to-do list extends from flower arrangements and bridal registries to catching a killer - before the next event is her own funeral.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The blacksmith wins the day!
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Rumpole of the Bailey [AudioGo]
- By: John Mortimer
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 67
In these witty and comic stories, Horace Rumpole takes on a variety of clients and activities. He, of course, brings each case to a successful end, all the while quoting poetry and drinking claret.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Alone and without a leader
- By Joe on 12-29-10
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Fallen Into the Pit
- An Inspector Felse Mystery
- By: Ellis Peters
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Helmut Schauffler, a young Nazi working in the small English village of Comerford, sets out to play upon the post-war sensibilities and fears by terrorizing his new neighbors.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A peek into an earlier time.
- By ShySusan on 11-28-11
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- CatBookMom
- 05-08-10
A Must-Listen!
This, the second of the Brother Cadfael mysteries, introduces Cadfael to Hugh Beringar, who becomes a valued friend and the under-sheriff of Shrewsbury.
In the summer of 1138, the two contenders for the throne of England have brought civil war to Shrewsbury as King Stephen battles the Empress Maud for the throne of England. Two murders have happened, both related to Stephen's conquest of the town and the flight of Maude's chief supporters. Two young people, both important to Maude's cause, are caught in the town, in hiding from Stephen. Cadfael shelters them and plots their escape, follows the clues to the murderers, and finds Hugh Beringar first a worthy opponent and eventually a staunch friend. Along the way Hugh meets the love of his life.
Wonderful story, top-notch characterizations, and some thoughtful discussions on the nature of friendship and love. I've become convinced that Patrick Tull has a perfect voice for Cadfael, regardless of my love for Derek Jacobi from the PBS TV adaptations.
13 of 13 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Paula
- Albuquerque, NM, United States
- 04-05-10
A good listen
Patrick Tull has a very realistic Welsh voice, but is still very understandable.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- SJN
- Columbus, Ohio USA
- 04-03-15
I love this series
These books do a great job of capturing the Middle Ages, the monastic life, & the role the church played in every day life. Add to that great characters, good plots, early forensics, & a narrator whose voice fits the story perfectly, and what's not to love? (Note: I don't care much for the versions read by a woman, simply because there are SO many male characters that it just works better when read by a man.)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Roberta L. Rushton
- Las Vegas, NV USA
- 03-02-15
A favorite
This is one of my favorite Brother Cadfael stories. The story, the crime, the chase are all done very well.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Jim
- United States
- 02-17-15
Worth Every Single Moment
I'd have to break out the ole' Roget's to get enough words to describe how much I enjoyed every moment of this book and performance.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- James W.
- 03-17-19
Great absorbing story with a mystery on the side
This, the second story in the Brother Cadfael series, is more of a captivating adventure story set in medieval England than a detective mystery. The mystery lies behind the adventure, and does get solved in the end, but it isn’t the lifeblood of the story. It tends to have more of a flavor of a cozy mystery. The characters are mostly quite likeable and the reader gets drawn in to Brother Cadfael’s clever plotting. Patrick Tull isn’t my favorite narrator, but he doesn’t detract from the book. I read this series a long time ago, and I find I am enjoying them again. All in all, well worth listening to.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Dalzell K. Williams
- Salem, New Jersey
- 01-07-19
Wonderfully vivid!
I loved everything about this book and the narrator was very clear!!! Recommend it totally
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- N. Brown
- SLC, UT USA
- 08-21-18
My favorite!!
I think I’ve listened to all of the Cadfael books— many times. This is still one of my favorite stories. I never get tired of it.
And I love Patrick Tull’s narrations! Both he and Stephen Thorne (narrated the tapes) are wonderful and bring the characters to life!!
And Ellis Peters is incredible!!! I can’t say anything about her that hasn’t already been said.
If you love medieval mysteries with wonderful characters that aren’t all full of angst and darkness, then these are for you!!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Jessica V.
- 08-06-18
Funny and engaging
I love the Cadfael series. Funny, sarcastic, and worldly Brother Cadfael observing the happenings of the cloister and the world beyond, without being afraid to get his hands dirty to ensure the truth is brought to light. Great comfort reads!
Patrick Tull's narration is fabulous! I also loved him in the Master and Commander series.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Eric Lynn
- 08-06-18
Peters hits her stride
This is the book in the series where Ellis Peters really hits her stride. The narration is flawless and absolutely captivating. Not to be missed for those who love a good, classic murder mystery.