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This is a good mystery, and Cadfael is an appealing character, but what I loved about this was the sense of culture clash in a Britain that was still uneasy with the rule of the Normans over the Saxons ... and even more so, with the lack of rule over the Celts of Wales.
Set on the borders, with a Norman Prior and mostly Norman/Saxon brothers coming into conflict with a Celtic Welsh community as the monks try to appropriate the bones of a Welsh saint and take them back to England, this really com ...more
Set on the borders, with a Norman Prior and mostly Norman/Saxon brothers coming into conflict with a Celtic Welsh community as the monks try to appropriate the bones of a Welsh saint and take them back to England, this really com ...more
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