- Fiction, Herbalists, Monks, Brother Cadfael (Fictitious character)
A near-death experience brings to light a tangled lineage.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Classical in form, earnest, grave and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- cooloverwhelming
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
About the book
- Author
- Edith Pargeter
- First published
- 1988
- Pages
- 223
- Publisher
- Chivers Audio Books, Chivers Press, Warner Futura
- Editions
- 29
- Language
- German, French, Russian, und
- ISBN
- 9785942789787
Where to read
Libraries first: a card gets you most books for nothing. Each opens that service’s page for this title.
On Open Library, 10 have read it and 6 want to.
“THE worst of the winter came early, that year of 1142.”
Edith Mary Pargeter OBE BEM (28 September 1913 – 14 October 1995), also known by her pen name Ellis Peters, was an English 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, and especially for her medieval detective series The Cadfael Chronicles.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
The pilgrim of hate 198488% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, grave.
Monk's Hood 198088% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, grave.
The Holy Thief 199287% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, grave.
The devil’s novice 198387% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, grave.
The raven in the foregate 198687% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, grave.
An excellent mystery 198587% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, grave.
Dreamer's pool 201486% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, grave.
The Sanctuary Sparrow 198386% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, grave.
Poupelle of Chimney Town 202086% alikeFilm · Both classical in form, earnest, grave.
Grantchester 201486% alikeTelevision · Both classical in form, earnest, grave.