| Cordially Yours, Brother Cadfael Contributor(s): Kaler, Anne K. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0879727748 ISBN-13: 9780879727741 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1998 Annotation: Detective, monk, father, herbalist, Crusader, sailor, Celt, friend--author Ellis Peters bestows all these attributes on her twelfth-century Benedictine monk-detective Brother Cadfael. As a detective, Cadfael uses his analytic mind to solve crimes and administer justice. As a man of God, he also dispenses mercy along with his famous cordials. Why, essays ask, is a cloistered monk solving murders? How can an author combine a valid detective and an effective healer? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Literary Criticism | Mystery & Detective Fiction - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 823.912 |
| LCCN: 98022251 |
| Lexile Measure: 1400 |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.74" W x 8.98" (0.51 lbs) 146 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Detective, monk, father, herbalist, Crusader, sailor, Celt, friend-author Ellis Peters bestows all these attributes on her twelfth-century Benedictine monk-detective Brother Cadfael. As a detective, Cadfael uses his analytic mind to solve crimes and administer justice. As a man of God, he also dispenses mercy along with his famous cordials. Why, essays ask, is a cloistered monk solving murders? How can an author combine a valid detective and an effective healer? |