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Edith Mary Pargeter, BEM (September 28, 1913 in Horsehay, Shropshire, England –October 14, 1995) was a prolific author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics; she is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both historical and modern. The British Empire Medal (Medal of the Order of the British Empire for Meritorious Service is a British Medal awarded for meritorious civil or military service worthy Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Horsehay is a village on the western outskirts of Dawley, which along with several other towns and villages now forms part of the New town of Telford Shropshire (ˈʃrɒpʃɪə/ /-ʃə alternatively known as Salop or abbreviated in print only Shrops, is a county in the England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology Historical fiction is a sub-genre of Fiction that often portrays alternate accounts or dramatization of historical figures or events Translations is a three-act play by Irish Playwright Brian Friel written in 1980. Czech literature is the Literature of the historical regions of Bohemia, Moravia, and the Czech-speaking part of Silesia, (now part of the Born in the village of Horsehay (Shropshire, England), she had Welsh ancestry, and many of her short stories and books (both fictional and non-fictional) were set in Wales and its borderlands, and/or have Welsh protagonists.

During World War II, she worked in an administrative role in the Women's Royal Naval Service, and received the British Empire Medal - BEM. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The British Empire Medal (Medal of the Order of the British Empire for Meritorious Service is a British Medal awarded for meritorious civil or military service worthy

Pargeter wrote under a number of pseudonyms; it was under the name Ellis Peters that she wrote the highly popular series of Brother Cadfael medieval mysteries, many of which were made into films for television. A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) Cadfael (ˈkædvaɪl approximately "CAD-vile" is the fictional detective in a series of murder mysteries by the late Edith Pargeter writing

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As Edith Pargeter

The Heaven Tree Trilogy

The Brothers of Gwynedd Quartet

Four novels about Llewelyn the Last:

Other

As "Ellis Peters"

George Felse and Family

Brother Cadfael

See Brother Cadfael for the full list of books and stories, plus radio and TV adaptations. Genealogy and early life Llywelyn was the second of the four sons of Gruffydd, the eldest son of Llywelyn the Great, and Senena ferch Rhodri Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format Arthur I (29 March 1187 &ndash 1203 was Duke of Brittany between 1194 and 1203 John (24 December 1167 &ndash 19 October 1216 reigned as a King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars) named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. Cadfael (ˈkædvaɪl approximately "CAD-vile" is the fictional detective in a series of murder mysteries by the late Edith Pargeter writing

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As "John Redfern"

As "Jolyon Carr"

As "Peter Benedict"

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