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4 out of 5 stars
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 335
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 305
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5 out of 5 stars
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- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 196
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 174
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 294
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Yes, A Very Excellent Mystery Indeed!
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After years of studying with the Bishop, young Father Ailnoth has come to take over the parish of Holy Cross. But soon Ailnoth's true nature surfaces - harsh, cold-hearted, and merciless - and someone lures him from his home and murders him. Who in Shrewsbury would kill a priest on Christmas Day?
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3 out of 5 stars
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I liked the TV version better
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Monk's Hood
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 347
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 291
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When a fatal draught of Monk's Hood turns up in the dinner plate of a guest at the Shrewsbury abbey, fingers point at half a dozen likely suspects, including an abashed and bewildered Cadfael.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Series Hits Its Stride
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The Hermit of Eyton Forest
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- By: Ellis Peters
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- Unabridged
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Shortly after he inherits the powerful position of Lord of Eaton, 10-year-old Richard Ludel disappears from Shrewsbury Abbey, where he had been a student. Did he run away or was he kidnapped? Brother Cadfael suspects the hermit of Eyton Forest, a mysterious man rumored to have holy powers, knows the answer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Must-Listen!
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The Rose Rent
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 171
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A wealthy widow rents her house to the Shrewsbury Abbey for the price of a single rose cut from the bush near the house. Shortly before the rent is due, the rosebush is destroyed and the widow kidnapped. Brother Cadfael must discover who stands to gain from these peculiar crimes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Patrick Tull reads Ellis Peters ... Great!!!
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The Confession of Brother Haluin
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 186
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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After a miraculous escape from death, Brother Haluin wishes to confess that he was responible for the death of the girl he loved and the baby she was to bear, 18 years previously. Brother Cadfael accompanies a crippled young monk on his journey of penance - a path that leads them into a web of old jealousy and deceit. The mission to beg forgiveness also brings death, and Brother Cadfael investigates.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love a good mystery
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A Morbid Taste for Bones
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 789
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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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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Listen, Funny, Super Plot!
- By Jutta on 03-14-12
By: Ellis Peters
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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 78
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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
By: Ellis Peters
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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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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Story4 out of 5 stars 59
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
By: Ellis Peters
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The Rose Rent
- The Thirteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
- By: Ellis Peters
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 89
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 92
A late spring in 1142 has the Abbey monks dismayed, for there may be no roses by June 22nd. For three years, the wealthy young widow Judith Perle has rented her house to the monks for the price of a single rose each year. When nature finally complies, a pious monk is sent to pay the rent—and found murdered beside the hacked rose-bush.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ellis Peters in top form
- By Milton on 08-30-12
By: Ellis Peters
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Brother Cadfael's Penance
- The Twentieth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
- By: Ellis Peters
- Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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
- By Joanna on 10-18-12
By: Ellis Peters
Publisher's Summary
On a spring evening in 1140 Shrewsbury, the midnight matins at the Benedictine abbey suddenly reverberate with an unholy sound—a hunt in full cry. Pursued by a drunken mob, the quarry is running for its life. When the frantic creature bursts in to claim sanctuary, Brother Cadfael finds himself fighting off armed townsmen to save a terrified young man.
Accused of robbery and murder is Liliwin, a wandering minstrel who performed at the wedding of a local goldsmith’s son. The cold light of morning, however, will show his supposed victim still lives, although a strongbox lies empty. Brother Cadfael believes Liliwin is innocent, but finding the truth and the treasure before Liliwin’s respite in sanctuary runs out may uncover a deadlier sin than thievery—a desperate love that not even the threat of hanging can stop.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- John H
- 02-26-12
Disappointing
Would you try another book from Ellis Peters and/or Vanessa Benjamin?
Yes Ellis Peters is a first rate story teller. Yes I have enjoyed Vanessa Benjamin when the story fits her vocal range.
What didn’t you like about Vanessa Benjamin’s performance?
Females sound like children imitating grownups when attempting to reproduce male voices. The storyline is too masculine for a female narrator. Predominantly male characters.
Was The Sanctuary Sparrow worth the listening time?
No
Any additional comments?
To be fair males also fare poorly when attempting to voice female characters.
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-29-19
Using Audible Ruins My Reading Pleasure!
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.