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The Virgin in the Ice (Cadfael Chronicles) (Hardcover)

by Ellis Peters (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 271 pages
  • Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks; New edition edition (1 April 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0751502162
  • ISBN-13: 978-0751502169
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 192,044 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A Brother Cadfael mystery. Other work by the author includes "A Morbid Taste for Bones", "One Corpse Too Many", "The Sanctuary Sparrow", and "The Raven in the Foregate".

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars First-rate Mediaeval thriller and murder mystery, 19 Nov 2001
By Steve Benner "Stonegnome" (Lancaster, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Virgin in the Ice: The Sixth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael (Mass Market Paperback)
This sixth in the series of tales of Brother Cadfael is less obviously a whodunit and much more of a thriller or twelfth century adventure story. It is set in the English Marches, amidst the chaos ensuing from the sacking of Worcester by supporters of the Empress Maud against King Stephen in November 1139. The action takes place in Ludlow, mid-way between Cadfael's normal haunts of Shrewsbury, and the beleaguered city of Worcester, where our hero is ostensibly nursing back to health a Benedictine brother who has seemingly been waylaid by a band of outlaws, stripped and left for dead.

Whilst in Ludlow, Cadfael also finds himself embroiled in the hunt for a party of three young persons missing after the attacks on Worcester and known to be heading for Shrewsbury, at which destination they have failed to arrive. With a bitter freeze on hand and the winter's first snows, there are grave concerns for their safety and well-being. One of the three is subsequently found dead - obviously killed and dumped in a watery (now icy) grave on the very night that the good monk's patient was attacked.

Unlike many another Cadfael tale, this one moves along with a gripping sense of urgency and with a fair amount of tension and excitement building gradually as things proceed. It contains the usual Ellis Peters' meticulous attention to both historical and narrative detail and constitutes as riveting - and entertaining - a story as you are likely to find. As always, Cadfael is aware of details overlooked by others and never once loses sight of the smaller issues that are wont to become subsumed into the larger, weightier ones. He (and the regular reader) is provided with an unlooked-for reward in this volume, too.

This book has to be one of the very best of the Cadfael Chronicles and is unreservedly recommended for lovers of the genre. Its story line stands somewhat apart from others in the series, making it fairly unimportant where it is read in the sequence.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An atmospheric murder mystery, 25 April 2001
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This review is from: The Virgin in the Ice: Starring Sir Michael Hordern & Douglas Hodge (BBC Radio Collection) (Audio Cassette)
Having read one of Ellis Peter's Cadfael books and been left totally unimpressed by it I bought this tape on the grounds that it was a BBC production and therefore probably pretty good.

I'm glad I did. This production is absolutely superb. It really captures the atmosphere of the piece - listen to it in a darkened room and you'll swear that you've been transported to medieval Shrewsbury. At one point it even succeeds in making you feel cold as the characters battle through a snowstorm!

The casting is spot on. Philip Madoc has a truly magnificent voice - listening to him is the aural equivalent of comfort food - and you can quite imagine why the townsfolk would head to his Cadfael with their problems. In addition the voice of Paddington Bear, Michael Hordern, is the narrator.

The story itself concerns the plight of 2 children who have been forced to flee Worcester during a battle between King Stephen and Empress Maud. The boy, Ives, turns up unharmed but his sister is nowhere to be found. Cadfael organises a search which leads to the discovery of a young woman's body, frozen beneath the ice. But the story has only just begun.

If you enjoy audiobooks then this will be a welcome addition to your collection. If not, then this might well be the tape to get you hooked.

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1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Revelations and a superb story to boot!, 11 Dec 2000
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This review is from: The Virgin in the Ice: The Sixth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael (Mass Market Paperback)
The previous review sets the stroy up nicely. There are a couple of revelations in this story which, if you've not read the later books, will make you jump for joy! It's a superb story to boot! I got the Omnibus but the story is the same as in this edition! Easily one of the best I've read so far!
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