A Morbid Taste for Bones: 1 (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael)

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Bened, the smith, seems to hold all of the religious party in equally high esteem, but Cadfael wishes him to know they are still just men. I have been curious about this series for a very long time. I love the Medieval period in history so it should be right up my alley. The series is a long one- with at least twenty installments, which is one reason why it has taken me this long to finally take the plunge. Thankfully, my Kindle Unlimited subscription paid off, so now it will be easy for me to finally get started on this series. Prior Robert Pennant: Prior at Shrewsbury Abbey. He is based on the historical prior who did bring the relics to the Abbey. He is characterised as a man of the aristocracy, of mixed Welsh and English blood; with ambition for more than his present position. Aged 50 in this story, with silvering hair, he is a man taller than average. He believes deeply in miracles and the power of the saints, as well as his own rightness. [1] [2]

Portuguese – Um Gosto Mórbido por Ossos (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #1) Publicações Europa-América 1983 ISBN 978-972-1-02269-0

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When the monks from the abbey arrive at Gwytherin, they discover that a local clergyman, Father Huw, will not allow the removal of the remains until he receives the approval of the free men of the church. The most influential landowner within the parish, Rhisiart, does not support the removal of the artifacts. Rhisiart leaves when Prior Robert offers him a bribe. With Father Huw’s support, Prior Robert requests another audience with Rhisiart, who agrees to take the meeting. At the time of the meeting, however, Rhisiart does not appear. Eventually, his body is found in the woods, his chest pierced, bearing the mark of Engelard, an Englishman who is in love with Rhisiart’s daughter, Sioned. Owain Gwynedd: Prince of Gwynedd, as his father Gruffudd ap Cynan is in his last months of life. He is the eldest surviving son of Gruffydd, who proves to be a good leader. He was a real historical person. Italian – Fratello Cadfael e la bara d'argento [Brother Cadfael and the Silver Coffin] (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #1) Translator Elsa Pelitti, Mondadori 1981 ISBN 978-88-7819-214-0) Cadfael had built up a herbarium in the enclosed garden within the walls of the Shrewsbury abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in 15 years of labor. While he worked hard at growing a herb for every need, the ones which alleviated pain he gave the most care. After all, there always was a need for relief of agonies. Peredur: Son and only child of Cadwallon. He is a suitor for Sioned. He is handsome but spoiled in always getting what he wants, until he fell in love with Sioned. Rhisiart tried to persuade his daughter to marry her lifelong friend, to no avail. Peredur seeks any means to push the favoured suitor out of Wales, stooping to planting evidence to implicate Engelard in a murder he did not commit.

Edith Pargeter’s skill in carrying off such apparently contradictory intentions is probably what makes her Cadfael series so popular. What she endorses about Christianity is unstated but understood. It is the character of Cadfael himself, who after a rather full life of adventure - sexual as well as geographical - finds monastic life and its routines to be just what he needs. It is through his eyes that all the deficiencies of the Church are observed and recorded. And yet he implicitly assures the reader that it remains a worthwhile institution. Fifty-seven-year-old Brother Cadfael is a giant Intellect among pigmies. That said, he is more than satisfied to help people without their knowing it if it is at all possible, but usually if people do know how he has come to their aid, the circumstances are such it is in their interest to be quiet. In other words, he's the first secret super hero! However, he never has any intensions of being the grownup in the room, but often he finds himself being that guy. Canny, wise and all too worldly, Cadfael isn't surprised when this taste for bones leads to bloody murder. The leading opponent to moving the grave has been shot dead with a mysterious arrow, and some say Winifred herself dealt the blow. Brother Cadfael knows that a carnal hand did the killings, but he doesn't know that his plan to unearth a murderer may dig up a case of love and justice, where the wages of sin may be scandal - or his own ruin. aneurin (28 January 2003). "Seventh century Christian Saint and Martyr Also known as Winefride, Winifrid, Wenefrida, Gwenfrewi or Gwenfrewy The Patron saint of virgins". Everything2.com . Retrieved 18 December 2021.The monks of Shrewsbury Abbey seek the relics of a saint in Wales for their chapel. The locals object to this translation of the relics, and a local leader is found murdered. Brother Cadfael is challenged to uncover the truth of the murder and help bring right endings to all parties, in both Wales and in the Abbey. However, upon arrival, they are greeted with some opposition. But things really take a sinister turn, when the main protestor is found murdered. It is now up to Brother Cadfael to root out the killer and the true motive behind the murder. Cadfael's "syrup of poppies" is perhaps an early reintroduction of the medicinal use of poppies to England. He presumably learned its use and effects in the Holy Land, quite possibly from the Saracens. It is useful to Cadfael throughout the series of books, for dulling pain and calming those in distress, and to other characters for stupefying guards, witnesses and rivals. [13] [14] urn:lcp:morbidtasteforbo00pete:epub:2015ff34-b395-4a33-8eb0-4c5fb1cb914e Extramarc The Indiana University Catalog Foldoutcount 0 Identifier morbidtasteforbo00pete Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t2z32qh5n Isbn 0446400157

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Its not terribly surprising when the monks are met with a certain amount of resistance from the Welsh who are in no hurry to lose their saint. Matters take a turn for the worse when a local lord, who was the most vocal in his disapproval of the plan, is discovered murdered. Suspicion immediately follows on one of his most trusted servants who wished to marry the lords daughter against his wishes but Cadfael is sure something and someone else is behind the killing. Seguin, Colleen M (Summer 2003). "Cures and Controversy in Early Modern Wales: The Struggle to Control St Winifred's Well" (PDF). North American Journal of Welsh Studies. 3 (2): 1 note 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2006. In the Holy Land I've known Saracens I'd trust before the common run of the crusaders, men honourable, generous and courteous, who would have scorned to haggle and jostle for place and trade as some of our allies did. Meet every man as you find him, for we're all made the same under habit or robe or rags.’”Albeit that Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael series is probably my favourite historical mystery series bar none, I also have to admit that I have NEVER really all that much either liked or even appreciated the first instalment of the series, that Peters' A Morbid Taste for Bones has always (and from day one so to speak) continually left me both cold and personally rather unsatisfied. And yes, when I first read A Morbid Taste for Bones in the early eighties (probably around 1983, when I was seventeen years of age), I actually almost decided NOT to continue with the series (which I thankfully did not do, as truly and in my opinion, ALL of the following Brother Cadfael series novels are at least in my humble opinion both vastly superior with regard to Ellis Peters' presented themes, her sense of time and place and also with regard to her general writing style and what she considers essential and necessary to describe and dissect in detail, and it certainly would have been a minor personal reading tragedy if I had not persevered and continued meeting with Brother Cadfael and reading about his sleuthing and exploits simply because I had found the first novel, I had found A Morbid Taste for Bones not all that readable and relatable). This is the first of a series of twenty books featuring Brother Cadfael, collectively known as the Cadfael Chronicles. The author did not have a series in mind while writing this first book; the strength of the central character became evident as she wrote the second book. [3] All of the characters in the monastery itself (abbot, prior, monks with specific jobs like the precentor or infirmarer) are introduced by name, if not by personality, in this first book of the series. French – Trafic de reliques (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #1), Translator Nicolas Gilles, 2001 ISBN 978-2-264-03284-3)