![]() ![]() While Brother Cadfael has no allegiance to either side, practically all the other characters do. It’s in the middle of this fight that the story takes place. A protracted civil war took place after that because many people (who had sworn loyalty to Maud) did not actually want a woman on the throne so loyalties were divided and people started fighting. Unfortunately, Maud was not in England when the king passed away and Stephen stepped in and took the throne. ![]() Basically, Stephen wasn’t supposed to be king before the previous king died, he made his nobles swear that his daughter Maud would be Queen (aka the first Queen of England). ![]() I was so happy to actually recognise the time period, thanks to having read She-Wolves pretty recently. This novel takes place while King Stephen and Empress Maud (also called Empress Matilda) battle it out for the throne of England. And while many may think that one more traitor is not an issue, to Brother Cadfael, this murder requires justice. One Corpse Too Many takes place in a monastery in the summer of 1138, as Brother Cadfael discovers that there is one extra corpse among those that he was supposed to bury. I saw this book while browsing in the library (yay serendipity!) and since I’ve been reading more about English history this year, I thought it would be nice to grab a historical mystery. ![]()
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