Résultats pour "het hood" dans Détectives traditionnels

It is December in the Year of our Lord 1138 when Gervase Bonel dies after eating sauce laced with poison served which had been served with a partridge. The active ingredient found in the sauce was monkshood, poison if ingested and otherwise known as Wolfsbane. Brother Cadfael made the oil. Who used it as poison? Cadfael assesses the motives of Bonel’s Welsh natural son and his stepson, and deals with Bonel’s widow, who at one time long ago was Cadfae's sweetheart. Drawing upon his knowledge of both herbs and the human heart, Cadfael ultimately uncovers a deadly recipe for murder.

Англичанка Эдит Парджетер не была историком по образованию, однако под псевдонимом Эллис Питерс она создала одну из самых популярных детективных серий, действие которой плотно увязано с важными историческими событиями, сотрясавшими в 12 веке Англию и Уэльс, откуда были родом предки Парджетер. В третьей серии «Хроник» брату Кадфаэлю приходится расследовать очень домашнее, очень герметичное убийство, невольной причиной которого, возможно, стал он сам.

A renowned scholar of Robin Hood is under assault from anonymous letter writers. As Sherlock Holmes becomes involved, he finds his own life is threatened. Holmes wrestles with a shadowy society in the search for the truth. Dr. Watson is along on the thrill ride chronicling all the adventures as his friend brings a killer to bay.