In Dead Man's Ransom, Brother Cadfael is tested when a prisoner exchange is interrupted by love and murder. Welsh prisoner Elis captures the heart of the sheriff's daughter, but regaining her father means losing her lover. When the sheriff is murdered, suspicion falls on Elis, and Cadfael must help him clear his name. But the truth will be a trial for Cadfael's own soul.

Dead Man's Ransom

The character of Cadfael himself is a Welsh Benedictine monk living at Shrewsbury Abbey, in western England, in the first half of the 12th century. The historically accurate stories are set between about 1135 and about 1145, during "The Anarchy", the destructive contest for the crown of England between King Stephen and Empress Maud.As a character, …

Dead Man's Ransom

Ellis Peters