Abbot Heribert of Shrewsbury Abbey offers to give Christian burial to the victims King Stephen assents.Ĭounting the bodies, Cadfael finds not ninety-four, but ninety-five – one corpse too many. Infuriated, King Stephen orders the ninety-four survivors of the turncoat garrison executed that very afternoon.
The castle falls the next morning, but FitzAlan and Adeney escape. Beringar and Adam Courcelle, designated Deputy Sheriff once the castle falls, both fall for Aline on first sight. To prove his loyalty, he is asked to find Godith and deliver her to the King. He treats Hugh Beringar with more reserve, as he was betrothed as a child to Godith. The King welcomes Aline Siward even though her absent brother Giles has declared for the Empress. Cadfael agrees to keep her secret, thus beginning 10 adventurous days.Īline Siward and Hugh Beringar enter King Stephen's camp to pledge their loyalty. She is Godith Adeney, daughter of Fulke Adeney, a rebel leader inside the castle.
Cadfael recognises that Godric is a girl. Brother Cadfael welcomes the assistance of young Godric, brought to the Abbey by his aunt. In August 1138, King Stephen is besieging rebels now loyal to Empress Matilda in Shrewsbury Castle. It was adapted for television in 1994 by Central for ITV.
When the novel was first published, the author was remarked for her knowledge of the historical era and ability to create it for the reader, yet "she never lets the meticulously researched place-and-time interfere with the canny puzzle, the flesh-and-blood characterization, or the sharp tension." He also has to help a young girl escape the siege, and discover the motives of Hugh Beringar – her betrothed fiancé. Cadfael, a Benedictine monk of the nearby Shrewsbury Abbey discovers a murdered man hidden amongst the slain. It is the second novel in the Cadfael Chronicles, first published in 1979.ĭuring the Anarchy, King Stephen takes Shrewsbury Castle and hangs all of the surviving defenders. One Corpse Too Many is a medieval mystery novel set in the summer of 1138 by Ellis Peters. Print (Hardcover, Paperback) & audio bookġ92 (hardback) map, 254 (paperback edition)
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