A Morbid Taste for Bones
by:
Ellis Peters (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780194791793
Publish date: 2002-05-14
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pages no: 88
Edition language: English
Series: Chronicles of Brother Cadfael (#1)
I loved, loved, loved this book. In no particular order, some of the things I loved: - Brother Cadfael himself. He has a past he's not ashamed of; and he won't let anyone else shame him for it either. - The entire town of Gwytherin, their sense of justice and redemption, and the way they come to...
This was a fun read. And I might just have found my favorite literary monk in Brother Cadfael. [Source] He is a man of the world, who turned to priesthood in his later years, he isn´t the most pious monk, he is keenly aware when one of his brethren is full of BS, he is a topnotch matchmaker, he...
Well, of course I liked it - mom is never wrong about mysteries. The writing is great, which allows the story to go at a slower pace without being deadly dull. Brother Cadfael is a Benedictine monk in medieval England and has come late to the cloistered, monastic life after a youth spent adventur...
Not a series I am going to be continuing with.
86. A MORBID TASTE FOR BONES, BY ELLIS PETERS (Book 1 of Brother Cadfael)This one was recommended by my mother (Hi mom! *waves*). She described it as “The Name of the Rose without all the pedantic crap”. Now that I have read it, I couldn’t think of a better description.Synopsis: Brother Cadfael, a W...
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