Ellis Peters: The Summer of the Danes

Ellis Peters: The Summer of the Danes (USA 2021)

From the Publisher:
The twelfth-century Welsh monk is caught up in civil war and captured by Danish mercenaries, in the Silver Dagger Award-winning medieval mystery series.

In the summer of 1144, a strange calm has settled over England. The armies of King Stephen and the Empress Maud, the two royal cousins contending for the throne, have temporarily exhausted each other. On the whole, Brother Cadfael considers peace a blessing. Still, a little excitement never comes amiss to a former soldier, and Cadfael is delighted to accompany a friend on a mission of diplomacy to his native Wales.

But shortly after their arrival, the two monks are caught up in another royal feud. The Welsh prince Owain Gwynedd has banished his brother Cadwaladr, accusing him of the treacherous murder of an ally. The reckless Cadwaladr has retaliated by landing an army of Danish mercenaries, poised to invade Wales. As the two armies teeter on the brink of bloody civil war, Cadfael is captured by the Danes and must navigate the brotherly quarrel that threatens to plunge an entire kingdom into chaos.

Ellis Peters: The Summer of the Danes. The Eighteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. Mysteriouspress.com / Open Road Integrated Media, ISBN: 9781504067591 (September, 2021), 290 p., $25.99.

Ellis Peters: The Summer of the Danes (USA 2014)

From the Publisher:
The twelfth-century Welsh monk is caught up in civil war and captured by Danish mercenaries, in the Silver Dagger Award-winning medieval mystery series.

Ellis Peters: The Summer of the Danes. The Eighteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. Mysteriouspress.com / Open Road Integrated Media, ISBN: 9781497671560 (August, 2014), eBook, 6 MB (ca. 290 p.), $12.99.

Ellis Peters: The Summer of the Danes (USA 1992)

From the Publisher:
In the summer of 1144, a strange calm has settled over England. The armies of King Stephen and Empress Maud, the two royal cousins contending for the throne, have temporarily exhausted each other.

On the whole, Brother Cadfael considers peace a blessing. Still, a little excitement never comes amiss to a former soldier and Cadfael is delighted to accompany his young friend, Brother Mark, on a mission of church diplomacy to his native Wales.

But shortly after their arrival, the two monks are caught up in yet another royal feud. The Welsh prince Owain Gwynedd has banished his brother Cadwaladr, accusing him of the treacherous murder of an ally. The reckless Cadwaladr has retaliated by landing an army of Danish mercenaries, poised to invade Wales and retake his lost lands.

As the two armies teeter on the brink of bloody civil war, Cadfael is captured by the Danes. His fellow prisoner is a headstrong young woman fleeing an arranged marriage-or perhaps her involvement in a murder at Owain's camp. But before Cadfael can untangle the passions that led to one death, he has to survive the brotherly quarrel that could plunge an entire kingdom into deadly chaos.

"Each book is an elegant little mystery, gracefully written, cleverly plotted and richly detailed. full of the sounds and the colors and the customs of 12th-century England." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer

Ellis Peters: The Summer of the Danes. The Eighteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael, of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, at Shrewsbury. Mysterious Press / Warner Books, ISBN: 0446400181 (November, 1992), 245 p., $4.99.

Ellis Peters: The Summer of the Danes (UK 1992)

From the Publisher:
In April 1144 Brother Cadfael leaves his monastery once more, this time in the company of Heledd, a young woman desperate to escape from an arranged marriage, and the youthful Brother Mark, who is representing the bishop on a mission of church diplomacy. Cadfael does not foresee trouble on their errand, but then the travellers become entangled in the conflict between Owain Gwynedd and his treacherous brother Cadwaladr, who has allied himself with a Danish mercenary fleet in order to vanquish Owain...

Ellis Peters: The Summer of the Danes. The Eighteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. A Medieval Whodunnit. Warner Futura, ISBN: 0708853447 (August, 1992), 280 p., £4.99.

Ellis Peters: The Summer of the Danes (USA 1991)

From the Publisher:
In the summer of 1144, a strange calm has settled over England -- almost a peace. For several months there has been little actual fighting between the forces of King Stephen and those of Empress Maud, the two royal cousins contending for the throne.

On the whole, Brother Cadfael considers it a blessing to live in these peaceful times. Still, a little excitement -- and some time spent outside the abbey walls -- is always welcome. Cadfael is delighted when he is called upon to carry out a mission of church diplomacy to his native Wales; that his fellow traveler will be his young friend, Brother Mark, adds to his pleasure.

Cadfael is captured by the Danes. His fellow prisoner is a headstrong young woman fleeing an arranged marriage-who may or may not have been involved in the murder of a prisoner in Owain's camp. The monk knows that chances of escape are slim. He has no hope of returning to Shrewsbury until a truce is declared or full-scale war breaks out -- and a murderer is brought to justice.