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| Title | : | A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #1) |
| Author | : | Ellis Peters |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 197 pages |
| Published | : | 1994 by Grand Central Publishing (first published 1977) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Crime. Historical Mystery. Medieval |
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Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 197 pages Rating: 3.98 | 30711 Users | 1517 Reviews
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Ellis Peters' introduction to the murderous medieval world of Brother Cadfael...A Morbid Taste for Bones
In the remote Welsh mountain village of Gwytherin lies the grave of Saint Winifred. Now, in 1137, the ambitious head of Shrewsbury Abbey has decided to acquire the sacred remains for his Benedictine order. Native Welshman Brother Cadfael is sent on the expedition to translate and finds the rustic villagers of Gwytherin passionately divided by the Benedictine's offer for the saint's relics. Canny, wise, and all too wordly, he isn't surprised when this taste for bones leads to bloody murder.
The leading opponent to moving the grave has been shot dead with a mysterious arrow, and some say Winifred herself held the bow. Brother Cadfael knows a carnal hand did the killing. But he doesn't know that his plan to unearth a murderer may dig up a case of love and justice...where the wages of sin may be scandal or Cadfael's own ruin.
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| Original Title: | A Morbid Taste for Bones |
| ISBN: | 0446400157 (ISBN13: 9780446400152) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #1 |
| Characters: | Brother Cadfael, Brother Jerome, Prior Robert Pennant, Abbot Heribert, Brother John, Brother Columbanus, Father Huw, Rhisiart, Sioned, Engelard, Peredur, Bened, Annest |
| Setting: | Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England,1137(United Kingdom) Gwytherin, Wales,1137(United Kingdom) Wales …more United Kingdom …less |
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Ratings: 3.98 From 30711 Users | 1517 ReviewsJudge Regarding Books A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #1)
Affectionate SarcasmThis first Cadfael story is about clerical arrogance, deceit, vanity, pettiness, ambition, vengefulness, and ultimately homicide in a 12th century monastic community. It also touches on idolatry and superstition in medieval Britain. And it makes several clever swipes at clerical celibacy and misogyny, miracles, religious piety, and the efficacy of prayer. Yet for all that it cannot be judged anti-religious. It is clearly a work in which there is an underlying appreciation forThe first of the Brother Cadfael novels by Ellis Peters, which I have just discovered is a pseudonym for Edith Pargeter, a Welsh woman by birth and a historian by nature. I would not have suspected that these stories were written by a woman because she captures the brothers of the Shrewsbury Abbey, a Medieval enclave of male figures, perfectly, From the stuffy, overblown Prior Robert to Brother Cadfael himself, every character is believable and interesting. You soon realize that it takes all
Prior Robert wants to remove Saint Winifred's bones from a Welsh village to the monastery. Someone opposed to the plan is found dead. Brother Cadfael, former Crusader turned monk, suspects a fellow monk's responsibility for the murder and investigates. The author often uses medieval vocabulary, appropriate to the setting, which slows one's speed, but it is worth the reader's effort.
Rereading this book after decades found me a different reader: some of the pleasures from this beguiling series remain while others have faded to problematic.Brother Cadfael is a Benedictine monk at an abbey in Shrewsbury, and English town on the border of Wales, in the late Middle Ages (an unknown year some time after the Norman conquest but when Wales was still a cluster of small principalities). Cadfael is himself of Welsh origins, though he knocked about the world quite a bit, including
I read some of the Brother Cadfael books years ago & found them just ok. May have been my age or (more likely) that this is a series that needs to be read in order. Clearly there is more to the good brother than his skills as a herbalist! No doubt more will be revealed about his past in later books.I don't know anything about 12th century Wales or England, but certainly Peters had given the narrative & dialogue a very authentic feel. & monastery politics feels like modern office or
A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters is a 2014 Mysterious Press/ Open Road Media publication. (This book was originally published in 1977) I have been curious about this series for a very long time. I love the Medieval period in history so it should be right up my alley. The series is a long one- with at least twenty installments, which is one reason why it has taken me this long to finally take the plunge. Thankfully, my Kindle Unlimited subscription paid off, so now it will be easy for me
Marvelous story. You have to read it to find out exactly what happens. A fun spoof on religion. The historical detail, the characters, and the humor are enchanting. By the end I loved Brother Cadfael and all the villagers of Gwytherin, Wales. An utterly charming tale and funny too!
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