Edith Mary Pargeter (28 September 1913 – 14 October 1995), also known by her '' nom de plume'' Ellis Peters, was an English author of works in many categories, especially

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and

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, and was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics. She is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both historical and modern, and especially for her medieval detective series

The Cadfael Chronicles ''The Cadfael Chronicles'' is a series of historical murder mysteries written by the linguist-scholar Edith Pargeter (1913–1995) under the name "Ellis Peters". Set in the 12th century during the Anarchy in England, the novels focus on a Bene ...

Personal

Pargeter was born in the village of

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(

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, England), daughter of Edmund Valentine Pargeter (known as Ted) and his wife Edith ''nee'' Hordley. Her father was a clerk at the local Horsehay Company ironworks. She later moved with her parents to

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where she was educated at Dawley Church of England School and the old

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High School for Girls.Article by Toby Neal, part of series on West Midlands worthies. She had Welsh ancestry, and many of her short stories and books (both fiction and non-fiction) are set in Wales and its borderlands, or have Welsh protagonists. After leaving school she worked as a temporary

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clerk, then as assistant at a chemists' shop in Dawley, during which time her first novel, '' Hortensius, Friend of Nero'', was published in 1936. During

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, she enlisted in the Women's Royal Naval Service (the "Wrens") in 1940. She worked in an administrative role as a

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operator at Devonport, and then at the Western Approaches Headquarters at Derby House,

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. She reached the rank of

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by 1 January 1944 when she was awarded the

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(BEM) in the

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. In 1947 Pargeter visited

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in a

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party and became fascinated by the Czech language and culture. She became fluent in Czech and published award-winning translations of Czech poetry and prose into English. She was an active Labour Party supporter until, with her brother Ellis Pargeter (a local councillor in Dawley) she left the party in 1949 because they believed that it had deserted socialist principles.

Writing career

She devoted the rest of her life to writing, both nonfiction and well-researched fiction. She never attended university but became a self-taught scholar in areas that interested her, especially Shropshire and Wales.

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gave her an honorary master's degree. She never married, but did fall in love with a Czech man. She remained friends with him after he married another woman. She was pleased that she could support herself with her writing from the time after the Second World War until her death. Pargeter wrote under a number of

pseudonym A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name ( orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individu ...

s; it was under the name Ellis Peters that she wrote her later crime stories, especially the highly popular series of Brother Cadfael medieval mysteries, featuring a Benedictine monk at the Abbey in Shrewsbury. That pseudonym was drawn from the name of her brother, Ellis, and a version of the name of the daughter of friends, Petra. Many of the novels were made into films for television. Although she won her first award for a novel written in 1963, her greatest fame and sales came with the ''Cadfael Chronicles'', which began in 1977. At the time of the 19th in the series of 20 novels, sales exceeded 6.5 million. The ''Cadfael Chronicles'' drew international attention to Shrewsbury and its history, and greatly increased tourism to the town. In an interview in 1993, she mentioned her own work before the Second World War as a chemist's assistant, where they prepared many of the compounds they sold. "We used to make bottled medicine that we compounded specially, with ingredients like gentian,

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, horehound. You never see that nowadays; those tinctures are never prescribed. They often had bitters of some sort in them, a taste I rather liked. Some of Cadfael’s prescriptions come out of those years." Her Cadfael novels show great appreciation for the ideals of medieval Catholic Christianity, but also a recognition of its weaknesses, such as quarrels over the finer points of theology (''

The Heretic's Apprentice ''The Heretic's Apprentice'' is a medieval mystery novel by Ellis Peters set in June 1143. It is the 16th novel in the Cadfael Chronicles and was first published in 1989. A returning pilgrim from the Holy Land brings a dowry gift and mind fre ...

''), and the desire of the church to own more and more land and wealth (''

Monk's Hood ''Monk's Hood'' is a medieval mystery novel by Ellis Peters, set in December 1138. It is the third novel in The Cadfael Chronicles. It was first published in 1980 (1980 in literature). It was adapted for television in 1994 by Central for ITV ...

'', ''

Saint Peter's Fair ''Saint Peter's Fair'' is a medieval mystery novel by Ellis Peters, set in July – September 1139. It is the fourth novel in The Cadfael Chronicles, first published in 1981 (1981 in literature). The story occurs during The Anarchy, in the Engl ...

'', ''

The Rose Rent ''The Rose Rent'' is a medieval mystery novel set in the summer of 1142 by Ellis Peters. This is the thirteenth novel in The Cadfael Chronicles, first published in 1986. It was adapted for television in 1997 by Carlton and Central for ITV. ...

'').

Later life

In 1992 her mobility began to decline after a fall during a service being televised for ''

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'' at

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. She had a further fall in 1994 at home that led to the amputation of a leg at Princess Royal Hospital, Telford. She died at her last home in Glendinning Way,

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, in October 1995 at the age of 82, having recently returned home from hospital following a stroke. On 14 September 1997, a new stained glass window depicting St Benedict was installed in

and was dedicated to the memory of Edith Pargeter, with funds raised by donations from admirers of the author.

Recognition

The

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gave Pargeter their

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in 1963 for ''Death and the Joyful Woman''. In 1980, the British Crime Writers Association awarded her the Silver Dagger for ''

''. In 1993 she won the Cartier Diamond Dagger, an annual award given by the CWA to authors who have made an outstanding lifetime's contribution to the field of crime and mystery writing. Pargeter was appointed

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(OBE) "for services to Literature" in the 1994 New Year Honours. To commemorate Pargeter's life and work, in 1999 the CWA established their

Ellis Peters Historical Dagger The CWA Historical Dagger (currently called the CWA Endeavor Historical Dagger) is an annual award given by the British Crime Writers' Association to the author of the best historical crime novel of the year. Established in 1999, it is presented to ...

award (later called the Ellis Peters Historical Award) for the best historical crime novel of the year. Pargeter's '' Cadfael Chronicles'' are often credited for popularizing what would later become known as the historical mystery.

Bibliography

As Edith Pargeter

Jim Benison a.k.a. The Second World War Trilogy

* ''The Eighth Champion of Christendom'' (1945) * ''Reluctant Odyssey'' (1946) * ''Warfare Accomplished'' (1947)

The Heaven Tree Trilogy

* ''The Heaven Tree'' (1960) * ''The Green Branch'' (1962) (1230 William De Braose, a Norman Marcher Lord was hanged for an affair with Joan, lady of Wales, the wife of Prince Llywelyn ab Iorwerth.) * ''The Scarlet Seed'' (1963)

The Brothers of Gwynedd Quartet

Four novels about

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: * ''Sunrise in the West'' (1974) * ''The Dragon at Noonday'' (1975) * ''The Hounds of Sunset'' (1976) * ''Afterglow and Nightfall'' (1977)

Other

* '' Hortensius, Friend of Nero'' (1936) * ''Iron-Bound'' (1936) * ''The City Lies Four-Square'' (1939) * ''Ordinary People'' (1941) (a.k.a. ''People of My Own'') * ''She Goes to War'' (1942) * ''The Fair Young Phoenix'' (1948) * ''By Firelight'' (1948) (US title: ''By This Strange Fire'') * ''The Coast of Bohemia'' (1950) (non-fiction: an account of a journey in

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) * ''Lost Children'' (1951) * ''Tales of the Little Quarter'' (1951). Translation from Czech of the collection by

Jan Neruda Jan Nepomuk Neruda (Czech: �jan ˈnɛpomuk ˈnɛruda 9 July 1834 – 22 August 1891) was a Czech journalist, writer, poet and art critic; one of the most prominent representatives of Czech Realism and a member of the " May School". Early lif ...

* ''Most Loving Mere Folly'' (1953) * ''The Rough Magic'' (1953) * ''The Soldier at the Door'' (1954) * ''A Means of Grace'' (1956) * ''The Assize of the Dying'' (1958). **'The Assize of the Dying'; and 'Aunt Helen' ('The Assize of the Dying' was filmed, as ''

The Spaniard's Curse ''The Spaniard's Curse'' is a 1958 British thriller film directed by Ralph Kemplen and starring Tony Wright, Lee Patterson, Michael Hordern, Susan Beaumont and Henry Oscar. It was shot at Walton Studios near London with sets designed by the ...

'', also in 1958) * '' Legends of Old Bohemia'' (1964). Translation from Czech of the book by

Alois Jirásek Alois Jirásek () (23 August 1851, Hronov, Kingdom of Bohemia – 12 March 1930, Prague) was a Czech writer, author of historical novels and plays. Jirásek was a high school history teacher in Litomyšl and later in Prague until his retirement ...

* ''The Lily Hand and other stories'' (1965): 1995); see pseudonym Ellis Peters (books) (chron.): **'A Grain of Mustard Seed', 'Light-Boy', 'Grim Fairy Tale', 'Trump of Doom', 'The Man Who Met Himself', 'The Linnet in the Garden', 'How Beautiful is Youth', 'All Souls' Day', 'The Cradle', 'My Friend the Enemy', 'The Lily Hand, 'A Question of Faith', 'The Purple Children', 'I am a Seagull', 'Carnival Night', 'The Ultimate Romeo and Juliet' * ''A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury'' (1972) (US title: ''The Bloody Field'') * ''The Marriage of Meggotta'' (1979) (about Margaret de Burgh, daughter of

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, 2nd earl of

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, who saved

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the first time King

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tried to have him killed)

=Non-fiction

= * ''How to destroy the human personality''. Birmingham Daily Post, 28 August 1968. Translation of an article by Ivo Pondelicek

Short stories

Brambleridge Tales

*''Late Apple Harvest'' Everywoman's, October 1938 *''Poppy Juice'' Everywoman's, November 1938 *''Christmas Roses'' Everywoman's, December 1938 *''Under the Big Top'' Everywoman's, January 1939 *''Meet of the Clear Water Hunt'' Everywoman's, February 1939 *''Lambs in the Meadow'' Everywoman's, March 1939 *''April Foolishness'' Everywoman's, April 1939 *''Happy Ending'' Everywoman's, May 1939

Others

*''Mightiest in the Mightiest''. Everywoman's, March 1936. *''Ere I Forget Thee''. Everywoman's, July 1936. *''Coronation Stairs''. Everywoman's, March 1937. *''Santa Claus Would Understand''. Everywoman's, December 1937. *''Perfect Love''. Twenty-Story Magazine, December 1937. *''Wrong Turning''. Everywoman's, April 1938. *''Under the Big Top''. Everywoman's, January 1939. *''Forty-Eight Hours Leave''. Everywoman's, December 1939. *''The Duchess and the Doll''. ''The Uncertain Element: An Anthology of Fantastic Conceptions'', edited by Kay Dick, 1950. *''A Girl of Indiscretion''. John Bull, 19 October 1953. *''Assize of the Dying''. Sydney Daily Herald, serialised daily from 23 October to 11 December 1954; and, as ''The Assize of the Dying'', serialised in

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, January to March 1955. Collected in The Assize of the Dying. *''How Beautiful Is Youth''. Australian Women's Weekly, 20 April 1955. Collected in The Lily Hand. *''Dead Mountain Lion''. Australian Women's Weekly, 4 April 1956. Collected in The Trinity Cat. *''A Lift into Colmar''. Australian Women's Weekly, 6, 13, 20 and 27 March 1957. Collected in The Trinity Cat. *''Young Man with a Pram''. Australian Women's Weekly, 2 October 1957. Collected in The Trinity Cat. *''The Linnet in the Garden''. Australian Women's Weekly, 12 February 1958. Collected in The Lily Hand. *''A Question of Faith''. Argosy, February 1958, as by Edith Pargeter. *''Aunt Helen''. Australian Women's Weekly, 30 April and 7 May 1958. Collected in The Assize of the Dying and The Lily Hand. *''The Purple Children''. Australian Women's Weekly, 2 July 1958. Collected in The Lily Hand. *''The Man Who Met Himself''. Argosy, November 1958, as by Edith Pargeter. *''Change of Heart''. Argosy, January 1959, as by Edith Pargeter. *''An Image of Grace''. Australian Women's Weekly, 5 August 1959. *''Chance Meeting''. Australian Women's Weekly, 2 September 1959. Collected in The Lily Hand. *''The Squared Circle''. Australian Women's Weekly, 16 December 1959. Collected in The Lily Hand. *''Hostile Witness''. Australian Women's Weekly, 5 April 1961. Collected in The Trinity Cat. *''The Cradle''. Australian Women's Weekly, 20 December 1961. Collected in The Lily Hand. *''Guide to Doom''. This Week, 10 November 1963. *''The Chestnut Calf''. This Week, 29 December 1963. *''O Gold, O Girl!''. Argosy, 31 March 1965, as by Edith Pargeter. Collected in The Trinity Cat as 'The Golden Girl'. *''With Regrets''. This Week, 30 May 1965. Collected in The Trinity Cat. *''A Grain of Mustard Seed''. This Week, 30 June 1966. Collected in The Trinity Cat as 'The Mustard Seed'. *''Maiden Garland''. Winter's Crimes 1, 1969. Collected in The Trinity Cat. *''The Trinity Cat''. Winter's Crimes 8, 1976. Collected in The Trinity Cat. *''Come to Dust''. Winter's Crimes 16, 1984. Collected in The Trinity Cat. *''Let Nothing You Dismay!''. Winter's Crimes 21, 1989. Collected in The Trinity Cat. *''The Frustration Dream''. 2nd Culprit, 1993. Collected in The Trinity Cat. *''The Man Who Held up the Roof''. Collected in The Trinity Cat. Details of any earlier publication unknown. *''At the House of the Gentle Wind''. Collected in The Trinity Cat. Details of any earlier publication unknown. *''Breathless Beauty''. Collected in The Trinity Cat. Details of any earlier publication unknown. *''A Present for Ivo''. Collected in The Trinity Cat. Details of any earlier publication unknown.

As Ellis Peters

George Felse and Family

* ''Fallen into the Pit'' (1951) (originally published under her own name) * ''Death and the Joyful Woman'' (1961) (

for Best Novel, 1963) * ''Flight of a Witch'' (1964) * ''A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs'' (1965) (US title: ''Who Lies Here?''). Serialised as ''The Sands Have a Secret''. Woman's Realm from 5 September to 10 October 1964 * ''The Piper on the Mountain'' (1966) * ''Black is the Colour of my True Love's Heart'' (1967). Serialised Australian Women's Weekly, 22 and 27 December 1967 * ''The Grass-Widow's Tale'' (1968). Serialised Australian Women's Weekly, 29 May and 5 June 1968 * ''The House of Green Turf'' (1969). Serialised Australian Women's Weekly, 15, 22 and 29 January 1969 * ''Mourning Raga'' (1969) * ''The Knocker on Death's Door'' (1970). Serialised Australian Women's Weekly, 12, 19 and 26 August 1970 * ''Death to the Landlords!'' (1972) * ''City of Gold and Shadows'' (1973) * ''Rainbow's End'' (1978)

Brother Cadfael

* '' A Morbid Taste for Bones'' (published in August 1977, set in 1137) * ''

One Corpse Too Many ''One Corpse Too Many'' is a medieval mystery novel set in the summer of 1138 by Ellis Peters. It is the second novel in the Cadfael Chronicles, first published in 1979. During the Anarchy, King Stephen takes Shrewsbury Castle and hangs all ...

'' (July 1979, set in August 1138) * ''

'' (August 1980, set in December 1138) * ''

'' (May 1981, set in July 1139) * ''

The Leper of Saint Giles ''The Leper of Saint Giles'' is a medieval mystery novel by Ellis Peters, set in October 1139. It is the fifth novel in The Cadfael Chronicles and was first published in 1981. The book includes a map of the Abbey, the town of Shrewsbury, St. ...

'' (August 1981, set in October 1139) * ''

The Virgin in the Ice ''The Virgin in the Ice'' is a medieval mystery novel by Ellis Peters, set in late 1139. It is the sixth novel in The Cadfael Chronicles, first published in 1982 (1982 in literature). It was adapted for radio by BBC Radio 4 in 1992 and for te ...

'' (April 1982, set in November 1139) * ''

The Sanctuary Sparrow ''The Sanctuary Sparrow'' is a medieval mystery novel by Ellis Peters, set in spring 1140. Published in 1983, it is the seventh novel in The Cadfael Chronicles. The story opens during the midnight service at the Abbey, when a young man seek ...

'' (January 1983 set in the Spring of 1140) * '' The Devil's Novice'' (August 1983, set in September 1140) * ''

Dead Man's Ransom ''Dead Man's Ransom'' is a medieval mystery novel by Ellis Peters, first of four novels set in the disruptive year of 1141. It is the ninth in the Cadfael Chronicles, and was first published in 1984. The book was adapted for BBC Radio 4 in 1 ...

'' (April 1984, set in February 1141) * ''

The Pilgrim of Hate ''The Pilgrim of Hate'' is a medieval mystery novel by Ellis Peters, set in spring 1141. It is the tenth in the Cadfael Chronicles, and was first published in 1984. This story takes place very soon after the preceding novel '' Dead Man's Ran ...

'' (September 1984, set in May 1141) * ''

An Excellent Mystery ''An Excellent Mystery'' is a mystery novel by Ellis Peters, the third of four set in the year 1141, when so much occurred in the period known as the Anarchy. It is the 11th in the Cadfael Chronicles, published in 1985. The siege of Winche ...

'' (June 1985, set in August 1141) * '' The Raven in the Foregate'' (February 1986, set in December 1141) * ''

'' (October 1986, set in June 1142) * ''

The Hermit of Eyton Forest The Hermit of Eyton Forest is a medieval mystery novel by Ellis Peters, set in the autumn of 1142. It is the 14th novel in the Cadfael Chronicles and was first published in 1987. The mystery is set in the Anarchy, the continuing battles betwe ...

'' (June 1987, set in October 1142) * ''

The Confession of Brother Haluin ''The Confession of Brother Haluin'' is a medieval mystery novel set in the winter of 1142–1143 by Ellis Peters. It is the fifteenth novel in the Cadfael Chronicles, and was first published in 1988. Brother Haluin makes a deathbed confessi ...

'' (March 1988, set in December 1142) * '' A Rare Benedictine: The Advent of Brother Cadfael'' (September 1988, set in 1120) * ''

'' (February 1989, set in June 1143) * '' The Potter's Field'' (September 1989, set in August 1143) * ''

The Summer of the Danes ''The Summer of the Danes'' is a medieval mystery novel by Ellis Peters, set in 1144. It is the eighteenth in the Cadfael Chronicles and was first published in 1991. Brother Cadfael is pleased to join his young friend Mark, now a deacon, on a ...

'' (April 1991, set in April 1144) * ''

The Holy Thief ''The Holy Thief'' is a medieval mystery novel by Ellis Peters set in 1144–1145. It is the 19th and penultimate volume of the Cadfael Chronicles, first published in 1992. It was adapted for television in 1998 by Carlton Media for ITV. ...

'' (August 1992, set in February 1145) * '' Brother Cadfael's Penance'' (May 1994, set in November 1145)

Others

* ''Holiday With Violence'' (1952). First published under her own name. * ''Death Mask'' (1959) * ''The Will and the Deed'' (1960) (US title: ''Where There's a Will'') * ''Funeral of Figaro'' (1962) * ''The Horn of Roland'' (1974) * ''Never Pick Up Hitchhikers!'' (1976) * ''Shropshire'' (non-fiction, with Roy Morgan) (1992) * ''Strongholds and Sanctuaries : The Borderland of England and Wales'' (non-fiction, with Roy Morgan) (1993) * ''The Trinity Cat and Other Mysteries'' (

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, 2006), short stories (Dead mountain lion, A lift into Colmar, At the house of the gentle wind, Breathless beauty, A present for Ivo, Guide to doom, The golden girl, Hostile witness, With regrets, Maiden Garland, The trinity cat, Come to dust, Let nothing you dismay!, The frustration dream, The man who held up the roof)

As John Redfern

*''The Victim Needs a Nurse'' (1940)

As Jolyon Carr

Novels

*''Murder in the Dispensary'' (1938) *''Freedom for Two'' (1939) *''Masters of the Parachute Mail'' (1940) *''Death Comes by Post'' (1940)

Uncollected short stories

*''Come In - and Welcome''. Everywoman's, January 1938

As Peter Benedict

*''Day Star'' (1937)

Notes

References

External links

* Ellis Peters * Edith Pargeter
Ellis Peters Books
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pargeter, Edith 1913 births 1995 deaths 20th-century English novelists 20th-century British translators 20th-century English women writers British mystery writers Cartier Diamond Dagger winners Edgar Award winners English amputees English Anglicans English crime fiction writers English historical novelists English mystery writers English translators English women novelists Officers of the Order of the British Empire Writers from Shropshire People from Telford Recipients of the British Empire Medal Translators from Czech Translators to English Women historical novelists Women mystery writers Writers of historical fiction set in antiquity Writers of historical fiction set in the Middle Ages Writers of historical mysteries English women non-fiction writers Women's Royal Naval Service officers

Personal

Writing career

Later life

Recognition

Bibliography

As Edith Pargeter

Jim Benison a.k.a. The Second World War Trilogy

The Heaven Tree Trilogy

The Brothers of Gwynedd Quartet

Other

=Non-fiction

Short stories

Brambleridge Tales

Others

As Ellis Peters

George Felse and Family

Brother Cadfael

Others

As John Redfern

As Jolyon Carr

Novels

Uncollected short stories

As Peter Benedict

Notes

References

Further reading

External links