SeriesBrother Cadfael Mysteries
Series author: Ellis Peters
63 Works
Popularity 1,129 (7,318 Members)
42,031 Books
771 Reviews
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The Cadfael Companion: The World of Brother Cadfael by Robin Whiteman 168 copies, 1 review | companion |
Brother Cadfael's Herb Garden: An Illustrated Companion to Medieval Plants and Their Uses by Robin Whiteman 258 copies, 3 reviews | companion |
Cadfael Country: Shropshire and the Welsh Borders by Rob Talbot 67 copies, 1 review | companion |
Brother Cadfael's Book of Days by Ellis Peters 52 copies | companion |
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- This is a series of British crime/mystery novels set in the 12th century, featuring the Benedictine monk-herbalist-detective Brother Cadfael of Shrewsbury Abbey in Shropshire. Cadfael himself is a Welshman; his full name is Cadfael ap (son of) Meilyr ap Dafydd. The stories are set between about 1135 and about 1145, during the civil war between the forces of King Stephen and Empress Maud. Several true historical events are described or referred to in the books. The series is discussed in "Ellis Peters: Brother Cadfael" by Edward J. Rielly. in: The Detective as Historian ed. by Ray B. Browne and Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr. (Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University, 2000), pp. 60-75. (English, Unclassified)
Other Names
Dutch: Broeder Cadfaël — French: Cadfael, Les enquêtes de Frère Cadfael — Italian: Le indagini di fratello Cadfael — Japanese: 修道士カドフェル・シリーズ — Spanish: Fray Cadfael — Swedish: Broder Cadfael
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