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Loading... The Sanctuary Sparrow (1983)by Ellis Peters
  
No current Talk conversations about this book. http://bactra.org/weblog/algae-2019-07.html#peters (  ) cshalizi | Aug 20, 2023 |  When a man escaping from an enraged mob claims sanctuary, Cadfael is ordered by his abbot to begin investigation of whether the mob's claims are legitimate. When a body is found on the river's edge, the mob suspects the man but Cadfael suspects otherwise. As he approaches the truth, he discovers that someone had weaved a perfect crime. Confronting the murderer is much more complicated considering the life of a maid is at stake & a man's innocence. (  ) walterhistory | Jul 12, 2022 | Also read this previously in the 90's somewhere, I'm sure. Another good Cadfael mystery. All the usual things. (  ) Malaraa | Apr 26, 2022 | Not the best one I've read so far. My favourite part was Liliwin's sanctuary, and the time he spent with the brothers. I ended up skimming the whole scene between him and Rannlit because it was all too sweet and twee for me. Peters seemed to spend a lot more time describing scenery and settings in exhaustive detail, and I'd catch myself half way through thinking alright already. I was also certain as to who the killer was long before the half-way mark. Sometimes the biggest clue is the way the author draws the character, and such was the case in this book; in trying to write a nondescript character, Peters created the only plausible suspect. There were details I did miss though that added to the complexity of the plot, and they were well crafted. The ending was a little eye-rolling, but not so much as the ending of book 6, if I recall correctly. Peters seemed to like daring escapes, for a bit, at least. Not a bad book, but not the best of the 7 I've read either, by a long shot. (  ) murderbydeath | Jan 17, 2022 | Character List Characters The Sanctuary Sparrow (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #7) four weeks past Easter of the year of Our Lord 1140, Brother Anselm the precentor, wholly absorbed into his chanting of the office, was past fifty, a vague, slender, shortsighted person Liliwin all gangling limbs, large of elbow and knee, and very low in flesh to cover them. 20, has Sanctuary, a vagabond player, very young and solitary and poor, Brother Oswin Brother Cadfael’s apprentice Walter Aurifaber’s house his son’s wedding-feast.”, paddling palms, and probably more, with mistress Cecily Corde, whose wool-merchant husband collected fleeces Daniel Aurifaber too well aware of a handsome face,was very elegant in festival finery, groom Margery bride, Edred Bele’s girl Dame Juliana Aurifaber 80's, was given to ulcers of the leg Susanna daughter,30's had a cool dignity, mistress of this household, quiet and calm, no scold and no tyrant. Rannilt, little maidservant Iestyn, journeyman, weighing small tablets of silver. A sturdy, compact person, Baldwin Peche the locksmith a middle-aged widower without children, smiling, sneaking toady of a man to your face, and back-biting John Boneth minds the shop Griffin,13 the locksmith’s boy who slept in the shop as a watchman, contented nature and good with his hands, but he was a simpleton. Master Ailwin Corde, the wool-merchant, and his wife, Cecily, Madog of the Dead-Boat was as Welsh as Cadfael himself, Geoffrey Corviser the provost, ) kevn57 | Dec 8, 2021 | no reviews | add a review
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