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Medieval monk Brother Cadfael races to save a young man he believes is falsely accused of robbery??before the protection of sanctuary expires. In the gentle Shrewsbury spring of 1140, 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 into the nave to claim sanctuary, Brother Cadfael finds himself fighting off armed townsmen to save a terrified young man.
Liliwin, a wandering minstrel who performed at the wedding of a local goldsmith's son, has been accused of robbery and murder. The cold light of morning, however, will show his supposed victim, the miserly craftsman, 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 nothing, not even the threat of hanging, can stop. The Sanctuary Sparrow is the seventh book in the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, featuring a "wily veteran of the Crusades." The historical mystery series earned Ellis Peters a Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger Award??and a legion of devoted fans (Los Angeles Time… (plus d'informations)
Si l'on retrouve dans ce septième volume de la série Frère Cadfael en Sherlock Holmes médiéval, et son pittoresque monastère de Shrewsbury, l'auteur délaisse cette fois le contexte politique de l'Angleterre du 12ème siècle pour se concentrer sur une affaire de mœurs. L'enquête est aussi plus simple et sans grande surprise, l'histoire doublement romantique et se termine comme à l'accoutumée très moralement. Pas le meilleur cru, mais malgré tout un agréable moment de lecture. ( )
Ellis Peters, » La bénédictine du thriller » comme surnnomée François Rivière, nous entraîne, une fois encore, dans son tumultueux Moyen Age. Un lynchage se prépare. Frère Cadfael, ce commissaire Maigret entré dans les ordres, reussira- t-il à sauver le frêle baladin soupçonné de ce crime ? La chasse à l’homme écrasera-t-elle la petite fleur bleue de l’amour ? Suivez Dame Ellis, elle a réponse à tout.
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It began, as the greatest of storms do begin, as a mere tremor in the air, a thread of sound so distant and faint, yet so ominous, that the ear that was sharp enough to catch it instantly pricked and shut out present sounds to strain after it again, and interpret the warning.
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"And now, I suppose," he said, seeing his friend's face still thoughtful and undismayed, "you will tell me roundly that God's reach is longer than man's." "It had better be," said Brother Cadfael very solemnly, "otherwise we are all lost."
Medieval monk Brother Cadfael races to save a young man he believes is falsely accused of robbery??before the protection of sanctuary expires. In the gentle Shrewsbury spring of 1140, 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 into the nave to claim sanctuary, Brother Cadfael finds himself fighting off armed townsmen to save a terrified young man.
Liliwin, a wandering minstrel who performed at the wedding of a local goldsmith's son, has been accused of robbery and murder. The cold light of morning, however, will show his supposed victim, the miserly craftsman, 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 nothing, not even the threat of hanging, can stop. The Sanctuary Sparrow is the seventh book in the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, featuring a "wily veteran of the Crusades." The historical mystery series earned Ellis Peters a Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger Award??and a legion of devoted fans (Los Angeles Time
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