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The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #5)

Ellis Peters

Start date: December 12, 2020

Finish date: January 6, 2021

Discussion: Buddy reads

Why we're reading this: A buddy read for December, continuing the popular Cadfael series.
[close] A buddy read for December, continuing the popular Cadfael series.

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Mar 09, 2017 Christine PNW rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: vintage-women

I really like this series. The mysteries, as enjoyable as they are, are almost entirely beside the point for me, given how much I admire Ms. Pargeter's command of history and ability to weave in details and bring the setting to life. ...more

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Mar 21, 2016 Amy rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-as-an-audiobook, 2016

I don't always wish that I was a 12th Century Benedictine monk but when I read the Brother Cadfael stories I do. Another great mystery. The audiobook narrator was fantastic. ...more

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Jul 14, 2018 Susan in NC rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: currently-re-reading, tbr-with-gr-groups, favorites, audiobook

12/2020 - listened to the audiobook for this reread with the Reading the Detectives group. Patrick Tull is a great narrator, really has become the voice of Cadfael for me. This is the series that got me hooked on historical mysteries many years ago, and I enjoy revisiting it.

2018 - I am truly enjoying my stroll down memory lane with Brother Cadfael! I first read this series over 20 years ago, got hooked on the broadcast on PBS of the series with Derek Jacobi as Cadfael, and have been hooked on h ...more

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Mar 26, 2012 Lemar rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mystery

The historical setting is pitch perfect and the mystery is of its time while the motives that drive the characters remain timeless. In addition the prose is laced with beautiful passages of true literary accomplishment.

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Mar 12, 2019 Jinx rated it really liked it

After being disappointed in the first book in the series, I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. Am looking forward to reading more of the Cadfael Chronicles.

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