- Fiction, Monks, History, Brother Cadfael (Fictitious character)
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.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Earnest, classical in form, resolved and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- 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
- 150
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus, (U.S.), Warner Books, Mysterious Press
- Editions
- 20
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9781306965439
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 13 want to.
“Brother Cadfael sprang to life suddenly and unexpectedly when he was already approaching sixty, mature, experienced, fully armed and seventeen years tonsured.”
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 Sanctuary Sparrow 198389% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, grave.
The devil’s novice 198388% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, resolved.
The Rose Rent 198688% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, resolved.
The First Four Years 195387% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, resolved.
An excellent mystery 198586% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, grave.
Hans Brinker, the silver skates 200184% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, resolved.
The Leper of Saint Giles 198182% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, resolved.
Little House on the Prairie 193582% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, grave.
From Time to Time 200985% alikeFilm · Both classical in form, resolved, earnest.
Agatha Christie's Marple 200484% alikeTelevision · Both classical in form, earnest, resolved.