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Title: Brother Cadfael's Penance (Mystery Masters Series) by Ellis Peters, Stephen Thorne ISBN: 1-57270-282-6 Publisher: The Audio Partners Pub. Date: November, 2002 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 6 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (24 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Ellis Peters, always excellent
Comment: Alas and alack! There will be no more Brother Cadfael mysteries. Ellis Peters is gone, but she has left a rich estate for all her readers, especially in the well-known Brother Cadfael series.
Cadfael's conflict in the book is between his monastic vows and what he perceives to be his natural duties as a father. His son Olivier has been captured and none know where he is. Cadfael looks for Olivier though he knows the search may cost him his home in Shrewesbury Abbey.
Later parts of the book deal with the issue that an honorable man may do that which seems most dishonorable if it helps end a destructive war.
Ellis Peter's characters are far more realistic and human than most. They are sympathetic, mostly good characters torn by events, doing wrong in reaction to being trapped in unpitying reality. Her characters are consistent and believable with a few possible exceptions. Olivier, for example, seems all perfection -- yet is this not how his loving father would see him?
As a whole, the Cadfael series is an excellent blend of plot, character, and setting. Brother Cadfael's Penance, the last written in the series, is one of the best. The insights are richer and deeper, the characters more engaging, the conflicts of a bigger yet always very human scale.
Rating: 5
Summary: A wonderful end to the series
Comment: It is unfortunate that Ellis Peters has died. I do not know if this book was meant to be the final chapter in the Cadfael series, but it brings the series to an appropriate ending. Brother Cadfael's search for his son, the end of much of the series political strife, and Cadfael's acceptance and embracing of his clerical life tie up many of the series' themes.
A terrific series that transcends usual mystery genre's conventions and limitations.
Rating: 3
Summary: Left me longing for more
Comment: I was disappointed with this book. I am a big Ellis Peters fan and I hate that this is her final book. I was delighted at the reappearance of the character of Olivier de Bretagne; he was always one of my favorites. However, this book has a much darker tone than the earlier ones, and left me wishing for one more "Brother Cadfael", one a little more light-hearted.
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Title: The Holy Thief: The Nineteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters ISBN: 0446403636 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Summer of the Danes: The Eighteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters ISBN: 0446400181 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Confession of Brother Haluin by Ellis Peters ISBN: 0445408553 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1989 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: A Rare Benedictine by Ellis Peters ISBN: 0446400882 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Heretic's Apprentice: The Sixteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters ISBN: 0446400009 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1991 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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