10 best-selling historical books like An Excellent Mystery (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #11) by Ellis Peters

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An Excellent Mystery (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #11)

By: Ellis Peters

4.17

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1141, two monks have arrived in Shrewsbury from Winchester, where their abbey was destroyed. Now…

"Well, God’s vision is clearer than mine, he may both see a way out of this tangle and open my eyes to it when the time is ripe. There’s a path through every forest, and a safe passage somewhere through every marsh, it needs only the finding."

-Ellis Peters, An Excellent Mystery (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #11)

"Well, God’s vision is clearer than mine, he may both see a way out of this tangle and open my eyes to it when the time is ripe. There’s a path through every forest, and a safe passage somewhere through every marsh, it needs only the finding."

-Ellis Peters, An Excellent Mystery (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #11)

If you liked the historical plot in An Excellent Mystery (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #11) by Ellis Peters , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. A Trail of Ink (Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon Chronicles #3)

By: Melvin R. Starr

4.06

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

'I had never seen Master John Wyclif so afflicted. He was rarely found at such a loss when in dispu… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
Cover of Rest Not in Peace (Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon Chronicles #6) by Melvin R. Starr

2. Rest Not in Peace (Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon Chronicles #6)

By: Melvin R. Starr

3.86

Format: 445 pages, Paperback

Master Hugh is asked to provide a sleeping potion for Sir Henry Burley, a friend and guest of Lord … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
Cover of An Echo of Murder (William Monk, #23) by Anne Perry

3. An Echo of Murder (William Monk, #23)

By: Anne Perry

3.54

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

In this riveting new William Monk novel, Anne Perry delves into the diverse population of Victorian… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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4. The Abbot's Agreement (Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon Chronicles #7)

By: Melvin R. Starr

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

My life would have been more tranquil in the days after Martinmas had I not seen the crows. Whateve… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
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5. Ashes to Ashes (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #8)

By: Melvin R. Starr

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Master Hugh, Kate, and their children attend the Midsummer's Eve fire. The next morning Hugh hears … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
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6. Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.96

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

It was planned as an act of a new piano for the parish hall, an amusing play to finance the gift. … read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"It's like one of those affairs in books," said Bailey disgustedly."Someone trying to think up a new way to do a murder. Silly, I call it." "What do you say, Roper?" said Alleyn. "To my way of thinkin…"

-Ngaio Marsh, Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)

7. Laughing Gas

By: P.G. Wodehouse

3.91

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

When a bratty Hollywood child star and an English aristocrat exchange souls at the dentist in Laugh… read more

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8. The Tainted Coin (Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon Chronicles #5)

By: Melvin R. Starr

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

It is the autumn of 1367. Master Hugh is enjoying the peaceful life of Bampton, when a badly beaten… read more

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9. The Lady Chapel (Owen Archer, #2)

By: Candace Robb

4.75

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

Owen Archer, the intriguing Welsh archer-turned-sleuth, is back-in another riveting challenge to El… read more

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10. The Unquiet Bones (Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon Chronicles #1)

By: Melvin R. Starr

3.85

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Hugh of Singleton, fourth son of a minor knight, has been educated as a clerk, usually a prelude to… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime

11. The Apothecary Rose (Owen Archer, #1)

By: Candace Robb

3.50

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

Once the king's captain of archers, now he must penetrate a poisoner's secrets... Christmastide, 13… read more

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12. A Corpse at St Andrews Chapel (Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon Chronicles #2)

By: Melvin R. Starr

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Alan, the beadle of the manor of Bampton, had gone out at dusk to seek those who might violate curf… read more

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13. Unhallowed Ground (Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon Chronicles #4)

By: Melvin R. Starr

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Another brilliant slice of medieval crime fictionThomas atte Bridge, a man no one likes, is found h… read more

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14. An Order for Death (Matthew Bartholomew, #7)

By: Susanna Gregory

3.82

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

Believers in the theory of nominalism have set some Cambridge colleges at the throats of those who … read more

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15. Legacy of the Dead (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #4)

By: Charles Todd

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

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16. Lucifer's Harvest (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #9)

By: Melvin R. Starr

3.44

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lord Gilbert Talbot must provide soldiers for Prince Edward's battle in France. He wishes his surge… read more

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17. There was a Crooked Man (Stephen Attebrook Mystery #15)

By: Jason Vail

4.52

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

The corpse of one of medieval Ludlow’s tavern keepers, popular Red John Griffin, is found by the be… read more

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  • medieval
Cover of Suppression and Suspicion (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #15) by Melvin R. Starr

18. Suppression and Suspicion (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #15)

By: Melvin R. Starr

4.21

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

Delve into the world of fourteenth-century England in this thrilling historical mystery, the fiftee… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
Cover of Without a Trace (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #12) by Melvin R. Starr

19. Without a Trace (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #12)

By: Melvin R. Starr

4.13

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

The wife of a knight disappears while traveling from her husband's manor to Bampton, on the way to … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Prince Edward's Warrant (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon, #11) by Melvin R. Starr

20. Prince Edward's Warrant (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon, #11)

By: Melvin R. Starr

4.23

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

Master Hugh won the Black Prince's favour when he helped to ease the Prince's illness. Now, in t… read more

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  • detective
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of An Excellent Mystery (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #11) by Ellis Peters

21. An Excellent Mystery (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #11)

By: Ellis Peters

4.17

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1141, two monks have arrived in Shrewsbury from Winchester, where their abbey was destroyed. Now… read more

Similar categories in Ellis Peters's An Excellent Mystery (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #11) book and Ellis Peters's An Excellent Mystery (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #11)

  • detective
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Well, God’s vision is clearer than mine, he may both see a way out of this tangle and open my eyes to it when the time is ripe. There’s a path through every forest, and a safe passage somewhere throu…"

-Ellis Peters, An Excellent Mystery (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #11)

11 must-read fiction books like An Excellent Mystery (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #11) by Ellis Peters

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A Trail of Ink (Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon Chronicles #3)

Melvin R. Starr

4.06

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Rest Not in Peace (Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon Chronicles #6)

Melvin R. Starr

3.86

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An Echo of Murder (William Monk, #23)

Anne Perry

3.54

Transform Your Habits

The Abbot's Agreement (Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon Chronicles #7)

Melvin R. Starr

4.00

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23 Best fiction books like Prince Edward's Warrant (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon, #11) by Melvin R. Starr

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The Sanctuary Sparrow (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #7)

Ellis Peters

4.08

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The Heretic's Apprentice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #16)

Ellis Peters

4.16

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The Potter's Field (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #17)

Ellis Peters

4.53

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The Silent Cry (William Monk, #8)

Anne Perry

4.38

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