The Summer of the Danes (original 1991; edition 2014)

by Ellis Peters

Series: Brother Cadfael Mysteries (18)

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In the summer of 1144, a strange calm has settled over England. The armies of King Stephen Empress Maud, the two royal cousins contending for the throne, have temporarily exhausted each other. On the whole, Brother Cadfael considers peace a blessing agrees to accompany a friend to Wales. When Cadfael is captured by an army of Danish mercenaries, he finds himself in the midst of a brotherly quarrel that could plunge an entire kingdom into deadly chaos.… (more)

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A fairly accurate portrayal of the time period and characters and the working out of the mystery. (

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charlie68 | Feb 3, 2023 |

When an old acquaintance Brother Mark, a special envoy from the Bishop, requests Brother Cadfael to assist him to Wales, neither of them expected to be in the middle of a Welsh brotherly feud which brings Irish pirates to pillage & plunder. In the midst of the chaos, a Welsh nobleman is found dead, a bride to be goes missing, & a deadly confrontation nearly gets both Cadfael & Mark killed. Will Cadfael discover the murderer before all hell breaks loose? Read & find out. (

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walterhistory | Aug 23, 2022 |

Cadfael accompanies the Bishop of Lichfield's representative as interpreter on a journey to the newly-revived Welsh diocese of St Asaph. The journey is more eventful than expected. The Danish fleet is sighted approaching the Menai Strait, a girl disappears and a corpse is discovered. [return][return]Cadfael goes back home into Wales, to act as interpreter between the new abbot, and the local princes. [return][return]Problems occur, when the younger brother of one of the princes, who has been disowned from his land, arrives back in Wales with an army of Danes over from Dublin.[return][return]Not exactly full of tension - the Danes are decent folk, and Owain and Otin have no quarrel with each other, preferring to watch Owain's brother make an eejit of himself, but an enjoyable quick read none the less (

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nordie | Apr 18, 2022 |

Brothers Cadfael and Mark head into Wales on a diplomatic mission that escalates into conflict between Welsh royalty and Danish invaders. Not so much a mystery as an interesting story about 12th Century politics and relationships. (

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fuzzi | Jun 28, 2021 |

Caedfel is observer in threat of Danish invasion of Wales

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Peters, Ellis	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Bascove	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Chwat, Serge	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Eisermann, David	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Janssens, Pieter	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Kim, Hun	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
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Menini, María Antonia	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
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Thorne, Stephen	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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The Sixth Cadfael Omnibus by Ellis Peters

The Adventures of Brother Cadfael: A Collection of Chronicles by Ellis Peters

The Potter's Field / The Summer of the Danes by Ellis Peters

Brother Cadfael: The Complete Chronicles by Ellis Peters

Brother Cadfael Collection by Ellis Peters

The Summer of the Danes / The Holy Thief by Эллис Питерс

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Nineteen Year Winter (1135 | 1154)

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The extraordinary events of that summer of 1144 may properly be said to have begun the previous year, in a tangle of threads both ecclesiastical and secular, a net in which any number of diverse people became enmeshed, clerics, from the archbishops down to Bishop Roger de Clinton's lowliest deacon, and the laity from the princes of North Wales down to the humblest cottager in the trefs of Arfon.

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In the summer of 1144, a strange calm has settled over England. The armies of King Stephen Empress Maud, the two royal cousins contending for the throne, have temporarily exhausted each other. On the whole, Brother Cadfael considers peace a blessing agrees to accompany a friend to Wales. When Cadfael is captured by an army of Danish mercenaries, he finds himself in the midst of a brotherly quarrel that could plunge an entire kingdom into deadly chaos.

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In the summer of 1144, a strange calm has settled over England. The armies of King Stephen and Empress Maud have temporarily exhausted each other. Brother Cadfael considers peace a blessing, but 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, not expecting to be 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 Cadwaldr 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 together with a headstrong young woman fleeing an arranged marriage, but before he can untangle such domestic passions, Cadfael has to survive the brotherly quarrel that could plunge an entire kingdom into deadly chaos.

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