Ce site utilise des cookies pour fournir nos services, optimiser les performances, pour les analyses, et (si vous n'êtes pas connecté) pour les publicités. En utilisant Librarything, vous reconnaissez avoir lu et compris nos conditions générales d'utilisation et de services. Votre utilisation du site et de ses services vaut acceptation de ces conditions et termes.
Résultats trouvés sur Google Books
Cliquer sur une vignette pour aller sur Google Books.
Fiction.
Mystery.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:In the twelfth century, merchants gather at a summertime fair??but when one of them is found dead in a river, a crime-solving monk must step in. St. Peter's Fair is a grand, festive event, attracting merchants from across England and beyond. There is a pause in the civil war racking the country in the summer of 1139, and the fair promises to bring some much-needed gaiety to the town of Shrewsbury??until the body of a wealthy merchant is found murdered in the river Severn. Was Thomas of Bristol the victim of murderous thieves? And, if so, why were his valuables abandoned nearby?
Brother Cadfael, that shrewd but kindly monk, offers to help the merchant's lovely niece Emma. But while he is searching for the killer, Thomas of Bristol's wares are ransacked and two more men are murdered. Emma almost certainly knows more than she is telling??as others will soon realize. Cadfael desperately races to save the young girl, knowing that in a country at war with itself, betrayal can come from any direction, and even good intentions… (plus d'informations)
C'est avec plaisir que l'on retrouve frère Cadfael dans cette nouvelle enquête. Alors que la communauté citadine est en conflit avec l'abbaye à propos de la répartition des bénéfices de la foire, un des marchands est assassiné. Mystère, suspens, sentiments et références historiques sont au rendez-vous. ( )
La grande foire de Saint-Pierre à Shrewsbury attire tous les marchands des environs. Mais une querelle éclate entre les bourgeois de Saint-Pierre et les moines du monastère bénédictin, à propos de la répartition des bénéfices de la foire. Peu après, un marchand est retrouvé mort. Frère Cadfael est alors tiré de l’herboristerie de son monastère pour utiliser une nouvelle fois sa clairvoyance au service d’une cause juste. » Il fallait oser écrire des romans policiers avec pour héros un moine bénédictin anglais du Moyen Age… Mais Ellis Peters a osé.[...] Son héros, frère Cadfael, a le don de débrouiller les affaires policières sans jamais rater complies. C’est là tout le charme de ces romans fort arme de ces romans fort originaux ! »
Informations provenant du Partage des connaissances italien.Modifiez pour passer à votre langue.
Tutto cominciò al consueto capitolo quotidiano del monastero dei Santi Pietro e Paolo a Shrewsbury, il 30 luglio dell'anno del Signore 1139.
Citations
Derniers mots
Informations provenant du Partage des connaissances italien.Modifiez pour passer à votre langue.
Ma il conte Ranulf di Chester se ne rimase prudentemente nei propri possedimenti a badare agli affari propri e non alzò nemmeno un dito per la sua causa.
Fiction.
Mystery.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:In the twelfth century, merchants gather at a summertime fair??but when one of them is found dead in a river, a crime-solving monk must step in. St. Peter's Fair is a grand, festive event, attracting merchants from across England and beyond. There is a pause in the civil war racking the country in the summer of 1139, and the fair promises to bring some much-needed gaiety to the town of Shrewsbury??until the body of a wealthy merchant is found murdered in the river Severn. Was Thomas of Bristol the victim of murderous thieves? And, if so, why were his valuables abandoned nearby?
Brother Cadfael, that shrewd but kindly monk, offers to help the merchant's lovely niece Emma. But while he is searching for the killer, Thomas of Bristol's wares are ransacked and two more men are murdered. Emma almost certainly knows more than she is telling??as others will soon realize. Cadfael desperately races to save the young girl, knowing that in a country at war with itself, betrayal can come from any direction, and even good intentions
▾Descriptions provenant de bibliothèques
Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque
▾Description selon les utilisateurs de LibraryThing
)
Google Books — Chargement...
(3.82)
2