A morbid taste for bones

Description:

12th-century Shrewsbury monks go to Wales to recover a 7th-century saint’s relics, and encounter opposition from the relics’ current keepers. Then the opposition leader is murdered.

subjects: Herbalists,  Monks,  Fiction,  Brother Cadfael (Fictitious character),  History,  Fiction, mystery & detective, general,  Fiction, historical, general,  England, fiction,  Clergy, fiction,  Fiction, historical,  Open Library Staff Picks,  English fiction,  Great britain, fiction,  Crime, fiction,  Murder,  Investigation,  Mystery & Detective,  Amateur Sleuth,  Cozy,  Historical,  Medieval Civilization,  Cadfael, Frère (Personnage fictif),  Romans, nouvelles,  Histoire,  Civilisation médiévale,  Moines,  Livres en gros caractères,  Cadfael, brother (fictitious character), fiction

People: Brother Cadfael

Places: Shrewsbury (England),  Great Britain

Times: 1135-1154