false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178038766m/751755.jpg 751755 15 The great annual Fair of Saint Peter at Shrewsbury, a high point in the city's calendar, attracts merchants from far and wide to do business. But when an unseemly quarrel breaks out between the local burghers and the monks from the Benedictine monastery as to who shall benefit from the levies the fair provides, a riot ensues. Afterwards a merchant is found dead, and Brother Cadfael is summoned from his peaceful herb garden to test his detective skills once more. 1471430 book 1981 St. Peter's Fair: The Fourth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael total:532|5:133|4:261|3:127|2:10|1:1| 532 2111 645 17 4 1 false false Thu Sep 04 05:13:14 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 06:04:52 -0700 2008 3
Cadfael series: excellent historical fiction. Ellis Peters draws the reader into the twelfth century with modern story telling but holds us there with a richness of detail which evokes a time and place which might as wel...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 03 14:46:22 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 14:46:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 11:20:29 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 11:26:02 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 15:48:40 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 15:57:02 -0800 2009 3 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 03:54:57 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 03:58:45 -0700 2008
I must admit I don't know much about medieval England, but these books feel right. The way people speak, the d...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 08 18:02:41 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 18:03:11 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jun 12 13:28:25 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 09:26:49 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 16:26:07 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 16:26:43 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Wed Sep 17 00:17:20 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 00:17:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 27 04:32:20 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 06:18:00 -0700 2008 "St. Peter's Fair" is the 4th book of the series. I now own 7 of them and am waiting to read the one I ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 07:08:43 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 19:12:35 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun May 04 18:13:30 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 18:18:23 -0700 2008
By the way, in this case the book far surpasses the television episode. Don't watch it--go straight for the book. You'll be disappointed otherwise.]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 20:04:38 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 02 17:51:21 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Wed Jul 09 14:39:13 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 14:39:13 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Mar 20 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Jul 10 02:14:37 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 02:14:37 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 07:40:52 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 07:42:01 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Wed May 06 16:07:04 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 16:07:04 -0700 2009 2 0 0 false false Sun Nov 29 13:35:29 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 13:35:29 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Nov 22 17:16:14 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 17:16:14 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Nov 22 08:08:17 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 08:08:17 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=751755