The Pilgrim of Hate

ellis peters

In the year of our Lord 1141, civil war over England's throne leaves a legacy of violence- and the murder of a knight dear to Brother Cadfael. And with gentle budstrewn May, a flood of pilgrims comes to the celebration of Saint Winifred at the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, carrying with it many strange souls and perhaps the knight's killer. Brother Cadfael's shrewd eyes see the prosperous merchant who rings false, and angelic lame boy, his beautiful dowess sister, and two wealthy penitents. In the name of justice, Cadfael decides to uncover the strange and twisted tale that accompanies these travellers. Instead he unearths a quest for vengeance, witnesses a miracle, and finds himself on a razor's edge between death and the absolution of love.

Genres mysteryhistorical fictionfictionhistoricalcrimemedievalhistorical mysterydetectiveaudiobookbritish literature

271 pages, Paperback

First published September 1,1984

Series

Chronicles of Brother Cadfael

Places

shrewsbury shropshire england,

This edition

Format: 271 pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 1998 by Little Brown P/B
ISBN: 9780751527346
ASIN: 0751527343
Language: English

Characters More characters

Abbot Radulfus

In both the novels and in history, Radulfus succeeded Heribert as abbot at Shrewsbury. The historical Radulfus (also known as Ranulph, Ralph) died around 1148....
Rhun

Child lame from an early age healed by Saint Winnifred in Shrewsbury who joined the Benedictine order after his miracle. First as a novice and then as a full brother. Following the miracle that St. Winnifred gave him he developed a proprietary interest in...
Brother Cadfael

Cadfael is a Benedictine monk and herbalist at Shrewsbury Abbey in Shrewsbury, the county town of the English county of Shropshire. Cadfael himself is a Welshman; his full name is Cadfael ap (son of) Meilyr ap Dafydd and he was born in May 1080 to a ville...
Prior Robert Pennant

Priest and monk at the Abbey. He is ambitious, patrician, and devoted to the rules. He often “looks down his long patrician nose” at others. He is 51 years old, with little change in his appearance in ten years – tall, silvery haired. He expects to be nam...

About the author

ellis peters

A pseudonym used by Edith Pargeter.

Edith Mary Pargeter, OBE, BEM was a prolific author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics; she is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both historical and modern. Born in the village of Horsehay (Shropshire, England), she had Welsh ancestry, and many of her short stories and books (both fictional and non-fictional) were set in Wales and its borderlands.

During World War II, she worked in an administrative role in the Women's Royal Naval Service, and received the British Empire Medal - BEM.

Pargeter wrote under a number of pseudonyms; it was under the name Ellis Peters that she wrote the highly popular series of Brother Cadfael medieval mysteries, many of which were made into films for television.