In the 12th century Benedictine monastery of Shrewsbury, Brother Cadfael has settled down to a quiet life in charge of the herbarium after an adventurous, and far from monastic, youth. But when his prior determines to acquire the bones of a saint form a remote Welsh village, Cad…
Brother Cadfael agrees to bury the defenders of Shrewsbury Castle who were hanged as traitors to King Stephen. He discovers a extra body, that of a murder victim.
Brother Cadfael agrees to bury the defenders of Shrewsbury Castle who were hanged as traitors to King Stephen. He discovers a extra body, that of a murder victim.
Brother Cadfael, a medieval detective of sorts, investigates when one too many prisoners is slain.
Brother Cadfael, a medieval detective of sorts, investigates when one too many prisoners is slain.
Brother Cadfael, Benedictine monk and self-appointed detective of Shrewsbury Abbey, defends a young man accused of poisoning his stepfather, a guest at the abbey, and pursues several seemingly obscure clues to expose the murderer.
"The third chronicle of Brother Cadfael, of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, at Shrewsbury."
