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Historical Fiction · 2014 · PG

One Corpse Too Many

by Ellis Peters

The castle surrendered — and one body too many came out.

Brother Cadfael discovers a murder amid the wreckage of Shrewsbury Castle in this mystery series featuring “a colorful and authentic medieval background” (Publishers Weekly). In the summer of 1138, war between King Stephen and the Empress Maud takes Brother Cadfael from the quiet world of his garden into a battlefield of passions, deceptions, and death. Not far from the safety of the abbey walls, Shrewsbury Castle falls, leaving its ninety-four defenders loyal to the empress to hang as traitors. With a heavy heart, Brother Cadfael agrees to bury the dead, only to make a grisly discovery: one e

For10+GenreHistorical FictionLength224 pagesRead time~5.5 hours

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Violence

Barely any

Period violence appropriate to a medieval mystery

Language

None

Period literary language; clean

Sexual Content

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No sexual content

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

Barely any

Themes of justice, mercy, and faith tested by human wickedness

What this book is about

Brother Cadfael counts the dead after a siege — and finds one corpse that doesn't belong. The second Chronicles of Brother Cadfael mystery establishes the series' formula: medieval English setting, a gentle detective-monk, and intricate plots rooted in real historical events of the 12th century civil war.

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