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3.75 stars. I really enjoyed the first in this Brother Cadfael series, and look forward to continuing with it. It wasn't a page-turner that constantly called me back to it, but I was happy to spend time with the characters when I did pick it up. There is a lot to like about Brother Cadfael, I love the setting, and am slowly learning about medieval history, which is great. I also like a series in which religion figures prominently and positively, and people try to be good to one another, and show
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I really enjoyed this first entry in the Brother Cadfael Chronicles. The novel opens with well-seasoned Benedictine (and former Crusader) Brother Cadfael working in his vegetable garden at the Shrewsbury Abbey. He is assisted by two novices, Cadfael muses, of some questionable vocation. Different reasons, but just a gut feeling. It wasn't until the end of the book, and I think this gives anything away, that it occurred to me that Ellis Peter (Edith Pargeter) was probably alluding to the wheats a
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