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Can anybody recommend a mystery/detective story set in the UK specifically during the time of the Norman Conquest? About 1062-1087 AD. I'm looking for ones focused more on the sociopolitical fabric than on a romance or "timeless" crime.
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A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1)
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The Brother Cadfael books are a series of historical mysteries by Ellis Peters, comprising 20 novels and 3 short stories, published 1977-1994.
Brother Cadfael is the herbalist of a Benedictine monastery in 12th-century Shrewsbury. He is a former soldier who became a monk in later life and consequently has a more worldly outlook than many of his colleagues. "
Brother Cadfael is the herbalist of a Benedictine monastery in 12th-century Shrewsbury. He is a former soldier who became a monk in later life and consequently has a more worldly outlook than many of his colleagues. "
