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The Virgin in the Ice

by Ellis Peters · 1982 · 202 pages

Book 6 of the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael series

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In the winter of 1139, raging civil war has sent refugees fleeing north from Worcester, among them an orphaned boy and his beautiful 18-year-old sister. Traveling with a young nun, they set out for Shrewsbury, but disappear somewhere in the wild countryside. Now, Brother Cadfael embarks on a dangerous quest to find them.

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Genre
british mysterymysteryhistorical fictionmedievalcrime
Themes
murder
Setting
medievalmiddle agesenglandbritish
Subject
history
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 202 pages

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