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the adventure of Brother Cadfael

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A rare Benedictine

the adventure of Brother Cadfael

  • 3.5 (2 ratings) ·
  • 11 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 8 Have read

Set in the Year of Our Lord 1120, three tales of intrigue and treachery, featuring the chain of events that led one-time crusader Cadfael into the Benedictine Order.

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Publisher
Head of Zeus
Language
English

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A rare Benedictine: the adventure of Brother Cadfael
2014, Head of Zeus
in English
Cover of: A Rare Benedictine
A Rare Benedictine: The Advent of Brother Cadfael
September 1, 1991, Mysterious Press
paperback in English
Cover of: A rare benedictine
A rare benedictine
1988, Ulverscroft, Brand: Ulverscroft Large Print Books
Text (large print) - 1st Large print ed.
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A Rare Benedictine : The Advent of Brother Cadfael
1988, Headline
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Edition Notes

Published in
London
Series
The Cadfael Chronicles, Cadfael Chronicles

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.914
Library of Congress
PR6031 .A49

The Physical Object

Pagination
1 online resource.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32791732M
Internet Archive
rarebenedictinea0000pete
ISBN 10
1784080500, 1497671655, 1472233808
ISBN 13
9781784080501
OCLC/WorldCat
874932222

Work Description

These three short stories form a prequel to the Ellis Peters series featuring Brother Cadfael, a medieval monk detective. The first story describes the circumstances around Brother Cadfael’s decision to renounce his former life and become a monk. The second and third stories give Brother Cadfael the opportunity to solve mysteries that occur at Shrewsbury Abbey in the years just preceding the first full-length Brother Cadfael novel.

Excerpts

"Jacob of Bouldon was a sturdy, square-set young fellow from the south of the shire, with a round, amiable face, large, candid eyes, and a ready smile. He came with a vellum leaf doubled in one hand, and a pen behind his ear, in every particular the eager, hard-working clerk. A little too open to any man's approaches, perhaps, as his master had said. The lanky, narrow-headed fellow attentive at his side had a very different look about him, weather-beaten, sharp-eyed and drab in hard-wearing dark clothes, with a leather jerkin to bear the rubbing of a heavy pack. The back of the left shoulder was scrubbed pallid and dull from much carrying, and his hat was wide and drooping of brim, to shed off rain. A travelling haberdasher with a few days' business in Shrewsbury, no novelty in the commoners' guest-hall of the abbey. His like were always on the roads, somewhere about the shire.
Page 82-83, added by wideawakeowl2.

It's a somewhat random choice; Ellis Peters is always lyrical. Very British. Very specific. Her characters look evil if they are evil, usually, or at least she gives strong hints. Very traditional in terms of roles of men and women, but rather liberal when it comes to letting the criminal go if there's a chance they will make good.

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