A Rare Benedictine: The Advent of Brother Cadfael

by Ellis Peters

Overview

Peters has gained worldwide praise for her meticulous re-creations of 12th-century monastic life. Here, her chronicles continue with a Christmas story, a tale of robbery and attempted murder, and a narrative of Brother Cadfael's early years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780892963973
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	11/01/1989
Series:	Brother Cadfael Series
Pages:	118
Sales rank:	148,457
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Although she wrote under a number of pseudonyms, Edith Mary Pargeter (1913-1995) is perhaps best known as the mystery author Ellis Peters. Pargeter wrote the Brother Cadfael series featuring a medieval Benedictine monk. She won many writing awards during her lifetime and a number of her Brother Cadfael books were made into television movies.