One Corpse Too Many

9 hrs. 51 min.

Language Russian

Author Ellis Peters

Narrator Kuryshev Sergey

Englishwoman Edith Pargeter was not a historian by training; however, under the pseudonym Ellis Peters, she created one of the most popular detective series, tightly linked to important historical events that shook 12th-century England and Wales, from where Pargeter’s ancestors were. "The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael" is also a political detective—because its action unfolds against the backdrop of the civil war between supporters of the rightful claimant to the throne, Queen Matilda, and King Stephen of Blois, who seized the throne by force—and classic, intimate stories that unfold among the residents of Shrewsbury and its surroundings, as well as among the inhabitants of the Benedictine abbey in Shrewsbury. It is here, late in life, that an old crusader—battle-scarred and hard as a fighter—retreated after adopting the name Brother Cadfael, deciding to live peacefully out his days, serving God and healing people. Yet instead, Cadfael, a subtle connoisseur of human souls and a man with rich life experience, constantly has to investigate the most various crimes and save not only bodies, but also souls…

King Stephen fights for the throne with Queen Matilda, and after a short and helpless resistance, in August 1138 the city of Shrewsbury surrenders to King Stephen’s mercy. But Stephen, notorious for his harsh temper, orders the execution of all the warrior defenders of Shrewsbury. The task falls to Brother Cadfael, the herbalist-monk of the Shrewsbury Benedictine abbey, to help with the burial of the executed defenders. Soon, however, Cadfael realizes: among these corpses there is one that is extra—someone who simply shouldn’t be there. He wasn’t executed—he was killed…

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