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Monk's Hood (1980)

de Ellis Peters

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Sèrie: Brother Cadfael Mysteries (3)

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Fiction. Mystery. Historical Fiction. HTML:Silver Dagger Award Winner: In this medieval mystery, Brother Cadfael faces suspicion when one of his herbal ingredients is used to kill a man.
Gervase Bonel is a guest of Shrewsbury Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul when he suddenly takes ill. Luckily, the abbey boasts the services of the clever and kindly Brother Cadfael, a skilled herbalist. Cadfael hurries to the man's bedside, only to be confronted with two surprises: In Master Bonel's wife, the good monk recognizes Richildis, whom he loved before he took his vows??and Master Bonel has been fatally poisoned by monk's-hood oil from Cadfael's stores.
The sheriff is convinced that the murderer is Richildis's son, Edwin, who hated his stepfather. But Cadfael, guided in part by his concern for a woman to whom he was once betrothed, is certain of her son's innocence. Using his knowledge of both herbs and the human heart, Cadfael deciphers a deadly recipe for murd
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Summary: When Gervase Bonel dies of poison from a dish sent by the prior, the sheriff is convinced it is his stepson Edwin, with whom he is on poor terms. Cadfael suspects otherwise but must seek proof.

Gervase Bonel has decided to turn over his house at Mallilie to Shrewsbury Abbey in exchange for lodgings and provision at the Abbey. But before the agreement can be signed, Abbot Heribert is called to a legatine council at which his office may be revoked and another named. While he is away, Prior Robert sends a dish from his table for Bonel, and shortly after he eats it, he takes ill and, despite Cadfael’s ministrations, dies. Cadfael recognizes the cause–Monk’s Hood (also called Wolf’s Bane) poisoning.

Attention focuses on Bonel’s stepson, Edwin. Relations between them had been poor due to Edwin having at one time been promised Mallilie only to see the promise revoked. He had reconciled himself to this and, out of care for Richildis, wife of Bonel and his mother, he had come to dinner, sought to reconcile only to be mocked by Bonel, finally to the point where he angrily departed through the kitchen where the dish from the prior was warming. The sheriff is certain it is him and will not consider other possibilities. Shortly after, Bonel was dead. Edwin, with the help of lookalike cousin Edwy escapes.

Edwin finds his way to Cadfael, who questions him about his stepfather’s death in such a way that Cadfael ascertains that Edwin had no clue that the man was poisoned and is therefore innocent. Cadfael is determined to find the real killer, because the poison came from his stores, often used externally to relieve muscle and joint pains. Two keys are to find the vial that contained the poison and a reliquary the boy says he’d thrown into the river, a gift he had prepared for Bonel before being insulted. Whoever had the vial also probably marked with traces of the poison. The location of the vial confirms Edwin’s innocence, as does the eventual finding of the reliquary.

But who was the murderer? This will take Cadfael, sent to care for a sick abbey shepherd near the Welsh border, into Wales and into personal danger that made for an exciting and somewhat unexpected ending–though one in character with Cadfael.

While I enjoyed the story, I felt Peters gave away the suspect early in the story and then ignored that person, leaving me wondering–why aren’t they investigating ______? The misdirection didn’t work for me, leaving me to wonder only about the motive.

An interesting element in the story is Richildis, who turns out to be an early love of Cadfael’s, separated by the Crusade on which Cadfael went, and married to her first husband when no word came from Cadfael. Encountering her is a surprise for Cadfael, raising feelings but also the deeper awareness of his vows and calling. That’s not enough for the officious Father Jerome who sees him conferring with her about Edwin and manages to restrict Cadfael’s movements. But Brother Mark, Cadfael’s assistant is not so restricted.

Cadfael’s relationship with Hugh Beringar, left in charge when the sheriff was called to the king’s Christmas feast, continues to develop. Both stand apart from many others with lesser visions of human nature and acting beyond the strict letter of the law. I look forward to seeing how their friendship develops. ( )
  BobonBooks | Sep 6, 2023 |
Honestly, I cannot say whether this is a reread or not. I recalled the basics of the plot from seeing the TV adaptation (with Derek Jacobi) but even knowing the solution to the mystery, this book was enjoyable to read. Peters did a masterful job of conveying life in 11oos England & Wales and Cadfael is a wonderful protagonist. ( )
  leslie.98 | Jun 27, 2023 |
On this particular morning at the beginning of December, in the year 1138, Brother Cadfael came to chapter in tranquility of mind, prepared to be tolerant even towards the dull, pedestrian reading of Brother Francis, and long-winded legal haverings of Brother Benedict, the sacristan. Men were variable, fallible, and to be humored. And the year, so stormy in its earlier months, convulsed with siege and slaughter and disruptions, bade fair to end in calm and comparative plenty. The tide of civil war between King Stephen and the partisans of the Empress Maud had receded into the south-western borders, leaving Shrewsbury to recover cautiously from having backed the weaker side and paid a bloody price for it.
  taurus27 | Feb 11, 2023 |
Inglaterra, 1138. El país acaba de salir de una cruenta guerra civil. El abad de Shrewsbury es suspendido temporalmente. Eso le impide ratificar un importante acuerdo de permuta de tierras con un rico hacendado, Gervasio Bonel. Ese insignificante detalle se vuelve de vital importancia cuando Bonel es asesinado con un fuerte veneno elaborado por Fray Cadfael con fines medicinales. Éste hará del esclarecimiento del crimen casi una cuestión de honor, pero su situación se vuelve más comprometida cuando la viuda resulta ser su amor de juventud. Pero será ella quién le dará la clave para desvelar una compleja trama de intrigas familiares.
  Natt90 | Nov 11, 2022 |
When Cadfael's remedy for sore muscles (only for exterior purposes) is used to commit murder of a despicable cad, the step son whose scorn & contempt of the victim makes him a prime suspect. Cadfael, with the pleading of the step-son's mother, begins his investigation leading to the discovery of a long-standing resentment from one of the servants or so he thinks. Which one then? ( )
  walterhistory | Jul 12, 2022 |
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Fiction. Mystery. Historical Fiction. HTML:Silver Dagger Award Winner: In this medieval mystery, Brother Cadfael faces suspicion when one of his herbal ingredients is used to kill a man.
Gervase Bonel is a guest of Shrewsbury Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul when he suddenly takes ill. Luckily, the abbey boasts the services of the clever and kindly Brother Cadfael, a skilled herbalist. Cadfael hurries to the man's bedside, only to be confronted with two surprises: In Master Bonel's wife, the good monk recognizes Richildis, whom he loved before he took his vows??and Master Bonel has been fatally poisoned by monk's-hood oil from Cadfael's stores.
The sheriff is convinced that the murderer is Richildis's son, Edwin, who hated his stepfather. But Cadfael, guided in part by his concern for a woman to whom he was once betrothed, is certain of her son's innocence. Using his knowledge of both herbs and the human heart, Cadfael deciphers a deadly recipe for murd

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