The Pilgrim of Hate by Ellis Peters

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Book name:	The Pilgrim of Hate (2024)
Category:	Mystery
Author:	Ellis Peters
Pages:	256 pages
ISBN13:	0446405310
ISBN:	0446405310
Language:	English
Publication data:	Sept. 1, 1997, 7 a.m.

1141. The fourth anniversary of the transfer of Saint Winifred's bones to the Abbey at Shrewsbury is a time of celebration for the 12th-century pilgrims gathering from far and wide. In distant Winchester, however, a knight has been murdered. Could it be because he was a supporter of the Empress Maud, one of numerous pretenders to the throne? It's up to herbalist, sleuth, and Benedictine monk Brother Cadfael to track down the killer in the pious throng.

About the author

Ellis Peters

6 books

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.

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