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This 12th century mystery series by Ellis Peters take place in a fog of civil war, where the English and Welsh were raiding each other’s borders and supporting one or another claimant to the English throne: Empress Maud or King Stephen. In spite of the ongoing violence, the author suffuses her novels with a deep sense of peace and contentment in the monastic life. A monk from the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul at Shrewsbury, Brother Cadfael, the ex-Crusader-turned herbalist is her solver of murders and mysteries of the heart. Ellis weaves a rich tapestry of his daily life on the war-torn Welsh border.

This tenth novel in a series of 21 mysteries, "Pilgrim of Hate," begins in the Spring of 1141 as the Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul prepares for a religious festival to honor Saint Winifred, whose bones supposedly lie in its cathedral.

Sheriff Hugh Beringar is holding the shire for the imprisoned King Stephen, but Empress Maud need only make it to London to be crowned Queen of England and bring an end to the long civil war.

Against this complicated political backdrop, pilgrims begin to arrive at the Abbey to celebrate the life of Brother Cadfael's favorite saint. The festival reaches a fever pitch when a crippled boy is healed at Winifred's altar. But there are other, less innocent pilgrims in the throng at the Abbey, including thieves and a possible murderer. And who is the barefoot pilgrim with the heavy iron cross about his neck, whose lacerated feet are quickly seen to by Brother Cadfael? The pilgrim, Ciaran explains that he is under vow:

"Barefoot and burdened I shall walk to the house of canons at Aberdaron, so that after my death I may be buried on the holy isle of Ynys Enlli, where the soil is made up of the bones and dust of thousands upon thousands of saints.”

Ciaran wears a bishop's ring to grant him safe passage through the war-torn land. Matthew, his constant companion is equally bound to assist Ciaran on his penitential journey.

A character from The Virgin in the Ice (The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael Book 6) makes his reappearance in "Pilgrim of Hate," the swashbuckling Olivier de Bretagne, who is searching for a murdered knight's missing son. Once he is on scene, the reader can be assured of a much livelier pace and deeds of derring-do. As an added bonus, Cadfael reveals Olivier's true identity to his friend, Hugh Beringar at novel's end.

As in all of the previous Cadfael mysteries, there is a love story within these pages, but it is almost subsumed by dark deeds of treachery and murder.


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The Pilgrim of Hate Brother Cadfael Mysteries Ellis Peters 9780446405317 Books Reviews

Once more Brother Cadfael must sort through the events, people, and motivations to solve a mystery and to bring hope and a future to other individuals. Set within the machinations of the struggle between two contenders for the throne is a struggle, also, for honesty, devotion, and love. As always with a Cadfael adventure, you encounter interesting characters--some of whom you will like, some of whom you will distrust, and you will learn a little history along the way. The Pilgrim of Hate is a novel that will keep you involved; it is a "good" read.
Possibly the most enjoyable Cadfael book I have read to date.

Set in the 12th century during the Civil War between Maud and Stephen, the tale concerns a time when Stephen is prisoner, having lost a significant battle, and Maud is demanding the city of London accept her as Queen. A council is called bewtween prominent members of each faction in Winchester, at which a man of Maud's faction is killed coming to the defense of a man from Stephen's faction. All this happens before the story we are reading begins.

The news of the killing arrives with the Abbot Radolfus, Cadfael's "boss", who was attending the council in Winchester. The abbey is in turmoil already an account of the ceremony of the ascension of Saint Winifred, the girl in the reliquary casket that features so heavily in many of the other Cadfael stories, with Shrewsbury full of pilgrims and predators, the one hoping for a miracle, the other looking to fleece the pilgrims.

And it all plays out. Strangers appear and are mistaken as to their character, pilgrims of all walks of life have walk-on parts including a messenger from Maud to Sheriff Beringar - one Olivier de Bretagn, a man of special import to Brother Cadfael.

I think, if I could only keep one Cadfael book from my fragmentary collection to date, this would be the one I'd pick.
I have never found fault with any portion of this well researched and skillfully crafted series. With each book I find myself transported to a black time in England's history as to aspirants to the throne lays waste to a nation they would rule. Behind all the historical drama there lies the simple lives of a small portion of the populace in a backwater Shire generally not generally in the center of the melee of the battles.
In this place of usual quiet, good people and those who would do evil live out their daily lives. In this place are found honorable men and women who do their best to keep the peace. I hope you will come to love those people such as I have. Brother Cadfyl and Hugh, have become real to me along with the rest of the cast of those who surround them. For the time I spend with them their fixations are my fixations and their triumphs are shared with me as well.
For me, this book was a little slow to develop the plot. The murder doesn't even happen anywhere near Shrewsbury. Brother Cadfael and Hugh Beringar don't have the luxury of investigating the murder site. After laying out the setup of the story, it really gets moving.

Pilgrims are flocking to the abbey to celebrate the anniversary of moving St. Winifred from Wales to Shrewsbury four years earlier. Many are hoping to be cured from their ailments. Rhun, Melangell, Matthew, and Cirian are the main characters. Rhun and Cirian have leg injuries, although Cirian's is self inflected. Brother Cadfael gives them balms to help and things go well. Until Cirian decides to leave unexpectedly so that his shadow, Matthew, can properly court Melangell. Matthew is torn by the decision and follows Cirian out into the woods. It's here where the pieces start falling into the place. Everything is revealed in the abbot's chambers.

Ellis writes great cozy mysteries. I'm enjoying the series. The books include chapters of the next volume, so you aren't reading the whole thing, at least I'm not. The tales are shot and can be read relatively fast
This 12th century mystery series by Ellis Peters take place in a fog of civil war, where the English and Welsh were raiding each other’s borders and supporting one or another claimant to the English throne Empress Maud or King Stephen. In spite of the ongoing violence, the author suffuses her novels with a deep sense of peace and contentment in the monastic life. A monk from the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul at Shrewsbury, Brother Cadfael, the ex-Crusader-turned herbalist is her solver of murders and mysteries of the heart. Ellis weaves a rich tapestry of his daily life on the war-torn Welsh border.

This tenth novel in a series of 21 mysteries, "Pilgrim of Hate," begins in the Spring of 1141 as the Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul prepares for a religious festival to honor Saint Winifred, whose bones supposedly lie in its cathedral.

Sheriff Hugh Beringar is holding the shire for the imprisoned King Stephen, but Empress Maud need only make it to London to be crowned Queen of England and bring an end to the long civil war.

Against this complicated political backdrop, pilgrims begin to arrive at the Abbey to celebrate the life of Brother Cadfael's favorite saint. The festival reaches a fever pitch when a crippled boy is healed at Winifred's altar. But there are other, less innocent pilgrims in the throng at the Abbey, including thieves and a possible murderer. And who is the barefoot pilgrim with the heavy iron cross about his neck, whose lacerated feet are quickly seen to by Brother Cadfael? The pilgrim, Ciaran explains that he is under vow

"Barefoot and burdened I shall walk to the house of canons at Aberdaron, so that after my death I may be buried on the holy isle of Ynys Enlli, where the soil is made up of the bones and dust of thousands upon thousands of saints.”

Ciaran wears a bishop's ring to grant him safe passage through the war-torn land. Matthew, his constant companion is equally bound to assist Ciaran on his penitential journey.

A character from The Virgin in the Ice (The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael Book 6) makes his reappearance in "Pilgrim of Hate," the swashbuckling Olivier de Bretagne, who is searching for a murdered knight's missing son. Once he is on scene, the reader can be assured of a much livelier pace and deeds of derring-do. As an added bonus, Cadfael reveals Olivier's true identity to his friend, Hugh Beringar at novel's end.

As in all of the previous Cadfael mysteries, there is a love story within these pages, but it is almost subsumed by dark deeds of treachery and murder.