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050	0	0	_aPR6031.A49 _bH55 1992
082	0	0	_aMYS PET
100	1		_aPeters, Ellis _d, 1913-1995
245	1	4	_aThe holy thief _c/ Ellis Peters
260			_aNew York _b: Mysterious Press _c, 1992
300			_a246 p. _b: illus. _c; 22 cm.
520			_aLess predictable and far more complex than many of the 18 previous Brother Cadfael chronicles, this 12th-century mystery pits the sacred against the secular, and cleric against cleric. A sub-prior and his young novice appeal to the abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul in Shrewsbury for aid in rebuilding their own monastery at Ramsey, which had been defiled by outlaws. Craftsmen, building materials and even jewelry are gladly given and are to be transported to Ramsey. The promise of spring floods makes haste imperative, and in the confusion another item is slipped aboard the cart: the casket containing the remains of St. Winifred, Shrewsbury's revered patron saint. The Shrewsbury monks grieve over its loss, and the faction at Ramsey sorely covets it. When the one person who could identify the sacrilegious thief is murdered, Sheriff Hugh Beringar is summoned and Cadfael's special skills are put to the test. Cadfael--a herbalist, matchmaker, detective and medical examiner--must now be a psychologist as well, soothing egos, calming nerves and finding a killer. Twelfth-century Shropshire comes vividly alive when peopled with Peters's aristocratic ladies, sturdy lawmen, eager squires and, above all, devout--and devious--monks.
650		0	_aCadfael, Brother (Fictitious character) _v--Fiction
650		0	_aHerbalists _v--Fiction
650		0	_aMonks _v--Fiction
651		4	_aGreat Britain _x-History _y-Stephen, 1123-1154 _v--Fiction
651		0	_aShrewsbury (England) _v--Fiction
655		7	_aDetective and mystery stories
655		7	_aHistorical fiction
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