- Fiction, Herbalists, Monks, Brother Cadfael (Fictitious character)
The Abby has been giving one rose as rent for a wealthy widow's property. This year the rose is hacked to pieces, and the rent cannot be paid. Worse yet, a man has suffered the same fate as the rose. Brother Cadfael must weave a complex garland to figure this one out.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Classical in form, earnest, resolved and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- 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
- 1986
- Pages
- 239
- Publisher
- Chivers Word for Word Audio Books, Chivers Audio Books, Chivers Press
- Editions
- 28
- Language
- German, cze, Russian, und
- ISBN
- 9781497671430
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, 11 have read it and 8 want to.
“BY REASON OF THE PROLONGED COLD, WHICH LINGERED far into April, and had scarcely mellowed when the month of May began, everything came laggard and reluctant that spring 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 devil’s novice 198394% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, resolved.
The Sanctuary Sparrow 198390% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, grave.
A Morbid Taste for Bones 197790% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, grave.
An excellent mystery 198590% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, grave.
The Leper of Saint Giles 198189% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, resolved.
The pilgrim of hate 198488% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, grave.
One Corpse too Many 197987% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, resolved.
At Bertram's Hotel 196586% alikeBoth classical in form, resolved, grave.
The Hound of the Baskervilles 193986% alikeFilm · Both classical in form, earnest, resolved.
Grantchester 201485% alikeTelevision · Both classical in form, earnest, grave.