Peters, Ellis - The Cadfael Chronicles / Питерс, Эллис - Цикл "Брат Кадфаэль" [2014, epub, ENG]

01 A Morbid Taste for Bones / Страсти по мощам 2014, epub (retail), ISBN: 9781784080518, Head of Zeus 02 One Corpse Too Many / Один лишний труп 2014, epub (retail), ISBN: 9781784080525, Head of Zeus 03 Monk's Hood / Монаший капюшон 2014, epub (retail), ISBN: 9781784080532, Head of Zeus 04 Saint Peter's Fair / Ярмарка святого Петра 2014, epub (retail), ISBN: 9781784080549, Head of Zeus 05 The Leper of Saint Giles / Прокаженный из приюта святого Жиля 2014, epub (retail), ISBN: 9781784080556, Head of Zeus 06 The Virgin in the Ice / Погребенная во льдах 2014, epub (retail), ISBN: 9781784080563, Head of Zeus 07 The Sanctuary Sparrow / Воробей под святой кровлей 2014, epub (retail), ISBN: 9781784080570, Head of Zeus 08 The Devil's Novice / Послушник дьявола 2014, epub (retail), ISBN: 9781784080587, Head of Zeus 09 Dead Man's Ransom / Выкуп за мертвеца 2014, epub (retail), ISBN: 9781784080594, Head of Zeus 10 The Pilgrim of Hate / Роковой обет 2014, epub (retail), ISBN: 9781784080600, Head of Zeus 11 An Excellent Mystery / Сокровенное таинство 2014, epub (retail), ISBN: 9781784080617, Head of Zeus 12 The Raven in the Foregate / Тень ворона 2014, epub (retail), ISBN: 9781784080624, Head of Zeus 13 The Rose Rent / Роза в уплату 2014, epub (retail), ISBN: 9781784080631, Head of Zeus 14 The Hermit of Eyton Forest / Эйтонский отшельник 2014, epub (retail), ISBN: 9781784080648, Head of Zeus 15 The Confession of Brother Haluin / Исповедь монаха 2014, epub (retail), ISBN: 9781784080655, Head of Zeus 16 The Heretic's Apprentice / Ученик еретика 2014, epub (retail), ISBN: 9781784080662, Head of Zeus 17 The Potter's Field / Смерть на земле горшечника 2014, epub (retail), ISBN: 9781784080679, Head of Zeus 18 The Summer of the Danes / Датское лето 2014, epub (retail), ISBN: 9781784080686, Head of Zeus 19 The Holy Thief / Святой вор 2014, epub (retail), ISBN: 9781784080693, Head of Zeus 20 Brother Cadfael's Penance / Покаяние брата Кадфаэля 2014, epub (retail), ISBN: 9781784080709, Head of Zeus A Rare Benedictine: The Advent of Brother Cadfael / Необычный монах 2014, epub (retail), ISBN: 9781784080501, Head of Zeus

The king’s court was in no hurry to return to England, that late Autumn of 1120, even though the fighting, somewhat desultory in these last stages, was long over, and the enforced peace sealed by a royal marriage. King Henry had brought to a successful conclusion his sixteen years of patient, cunning, relentless plotting, fighting and manipulating, and could now sit back in high content, master not only of England but of Normandy, too. What the Conqueror had misguidedly dealt out in two separate parcels to his two elder sons, his youngest son had now put together again and clamped into one. Not without a hand in removing from the light of day, some said, both of his brothers, one of whom had been shovelled into a hasty grave under the tower at Winchester, while the other was now a prisoner in Devizes, and unlikely ever to be seen again by the outer world. The court could well afford to linger to enjoy victory, while Henry trimmed into neatness the last loose edges still to be made secure. But his fleet was already preparing at Barfleur for the voyage back to England, and he would be home before the month ended. Meantime, many of his barons and knights who had fought his battles were withdrawing their contingents and making for home, among them one Roger Mauduit, who had a young and handsome wife waiting for him, certain legal business on his mind, and twenty-five men to ship back to England, most of them to be paid off on landing. There were one or two among the miscellaneous riff-raff he had recruited here in Normandy on his lord’s behalf whom it might be worth keeping on in his own service, along with the few men of his household, at least until he was safely home. The vagabond clerk turned soldier, let him be unfrocked priest or what he might, was an excellent copyist and a sound Latin scholar, and could put legal documents in their best and most presentable form, in good time for the King’s court at Woodstock. And the Welsh man-at-arms, blunt and insubordinate as he was, was also experienced and accomplished in arms, a man of his word, once given, and utterly reliable in whatever situation on land or sea, for in both elements he had long practice behind him. Roger was well aware that he was not greatly loved, and had little faith in either the valour or the loyalty of his own men. But this Welshman from Gwynedd, by way of Antioch and Jerusalem and only God knew where else, had imbibed the code of arms and wore it as a second nature. With or without love, such service as he pledged, that he would provide. Roger put it to them both as his men were embarking at Barfleur, in the middle of a deceptively placid November, and upon a calm sea. . . .