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The Raven in the Foregate (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #12)

Ellis Peters

Start date: September 15, 2022

Finish date: October 7, 2022

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Apr 04, 2008 Susan in NC rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: want-to-reread, kindle, tbr-with-gr-groups, audiobook, favorites

Lovely, low key entry in this long running series, reread with Reading the Detectives Group. Brother Cadfael started my love for historical mysteries long ago, and I treasure these rereads; I always listen to the audiobooks, beautifully narrated by Patrick Tull.

It’s Christmas again, and the tide has turned yet again in the civil war between King Stephen and Empress Maud. Stephen is free from captivity, Maud was rejected by London and is on the run. Stephen has his crown back, and has called his ...more

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Dec 21, 2012 Lemar rated it really liked it

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Another charming and well written Brother Cadfael mystery. Ellis Peters takes the opportunity to write some sermons here but they are, predictably, heartfelt and loving. It took me a bit outside my comfort zone but they called Brother Cadfael mysteries after all so it shouldn't take a detective to anticipate a little of that. In any case her characters continue to inhabit their world of a millennium ago. Often historical fiction figures seem to trumpet modern sensibilities while mired in their h ...more

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