A rare Benedictine

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.

subjects: Fiction,  Monks,  History,  Brother Cadfael (Fictitious character),  Herbalists,  Pictorial works,  Mönchtum,  Abbaye Saint-Benoît d'En-Calcat,  Cadfael, brother (fictitious character), fiction,  Great britain, fiction,  Fiction, historical, general,  Fiction, mystery & detective, general,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  American,  General,  Fiction, religious,  Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional

People: Henry I

Places: Shrewsbury (England),  Great Britain,  Shropshire (England),  England,  Shrewsbury

Times: 1120,  1135-1137,  Stephen 1135-1154