The Virgin in the Ice

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Brother Cadfael novel historical mystery novel novel

The Virgin in the Ice is a historical mystery novel in Ellis Peters’ Brother Cadfael series, set in 12th-century England during civil war and featuring the monk-sleuth investigating the disappearance of a noblewoman.

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The Virgin in the Ice canonical 5
Virgin in the Ice 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Brother Cadfael novel ⓘ
historical mystery novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Ellis Peters ⓘ
centralPlotElement attack on a Benedictine house ⓘ
disappearance of a young noblewoman ⓘ
refugees fleeing civil war ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter Ermina Hugonin ⓘ
Hugh Beringar ⓘ
Olivier de Bretagne ⓘ
Sister Hilaria ⓘ
Yves Hugonin ⓘ
followedBy The Sanctuary Sparrow ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
historical mystery ⓘ
hasAdaptation Cadfael (TV series) ⓘ
surface form: Cadfael television series
hasTheme justice amid chaos ⓘ
mercy and compassion in wartime ⓘ
historicalContext civil war between King Stephen and Empress Matilda ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Brother Cadfael ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
motif identity and family secrets ⓘ
religious life ⓘ
violence of civil war ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor development of Cadfael’s backstory ⓘ
integration of real historical events into detective plot ⓘ
originalPublisher Macmillan Publishers ⓘ
surface form: Macmillan
partOfSeries Brother Cadfael ⓘ
precededBy The Leper of Saint Giles ⓘ
protagonistOccupation Benedictine monk ⓘ
protagonistRole amateur detective ⓘ
publicationYear 1982 ⓘ
seriesNumber 6 ⓘ
settingCountry England ⓘ
settingEra The Anarchy ⓘ
settingPeriod 12th century ⓘ
settingPlace Shrewsbury ⓘ
Worcester ⓘ
settingRegion Welsh Marches ⓘ
surface form: the Welsh Marches
settingYear 1139 ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
televisionAdaptationMedium television drama ⓘ
televisionAdaptationStar Derek Jacobi ⓘ
televisionAdaptationTitle The Virgin in the Ice self-link ⓘ

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Ellis Peters → notableWork → The Virgin in the Ice ⓘ
The Leper of Saint Giles → hasFollowedBy → The Virgin in the Ice ⓘ
The Virgin in the Ice → televisionAdaptationTitle → The Virgin in the Ice self-link ⓘ
The Devil’s Novice → followedBy → The Virgin in the Ice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgin in the Ice
Hugh Beringar → appearsIn → The Virgin in the Ice ⓘ
Abbot Radulfus → appearsIn → The Virgin in the Ice ⓘ