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

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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. Kollmann, Judith J (1998). "Brother Cadfael's Vocation". Cordially Yours, Brother Cadfael. USA: Bowling Green State University Popular Press. p.27. ISBN 0-87972-774-8. Brother Jerome: Prior Robert's clerk. He is rather righteous on his own account, and reliable to the Prior for accurate reporting of Abbey events. Cadfael distrusts and dislikes him for his toadying up to Prior Robert Angold, M J; G C Baugh; Marjorie M Chibnall; D C Cox; Revd D T W Price; Margaret Tomlinson; B S Trinder (1973). Gaydon, A T; Pugh, R B (eds.). "Houses of Benedictine monks: Abbey of Shrewsbury". A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2. pp.30–37 . Retrieved 27 September 2012. The abbey had had a special devotion for St Winifred from the time that her relics were brought from Basingwerk, c. 1138, and placed in the church.

In the third week of May they came to Bangor" [15] and then "They ran the prince to earth at Aber" [15] who provided them a guide to Gwytherin, travelling "from the Conway valley at Llanrwst, climbing away from the river into forested hill country. Beyond the watershed they crossed the Elwy" [15] to reach Gwytherin. Bened the smith from Gwytherin stopped in Shrewsbury on his pilgrimage to Walsingham, a long journey to the east side of Britain, about 250 miles one way on modern roads. 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. Talbot, Rob; Robin Whiteman (1990). Cadfael Country. Little, Brown and Company. p.96. ISBN 0-316-90562-3.

When they get to Wales, they need to figure out how to convince the locals to relinquish the relics, to coin a phrase. After all, if the bones have hidden powers (this is 1137, remember), then why would the Welsh want them to go to England? The history of the Shrewsbury Abbey includes the acquisition of the relics of Saint Winifred in 1138. [6] I thought this book was a swell start to this series! Brother Cadfael, monk by vocation and detective by circumstance, is a really delightful character. A medieval-time, Welsh-born man, Cadfael now carries out his monastic duties at Shrewsbury Abbey in England. He has not been in the service of the church his entire life, however, and that is what makes him such an intriguing fellow. "For Brother Cadfael had come late to the monastic life, like a battered ship settling at last for a quiet harbour." A former soldier and captain of a ship, Cadfael has even experienced his fair share of sweethearts – "he remembered other ladies, in more lands than one, with whom he had enjoyed encounters pleasurable to both parties, and no harm to either." You can’t help but adore this guy! Cadwallon: Overlord who owns lands neighbouring those of Rhisiart. He is married to the querulous Dame Branwen, and father of the young man Peredur. He sends for the bailiff when Rhisiart is murdered.

In May 1137, Prior Robert of Shrewsbury Abbey is determined that the Abbey must have the relics of a saint. Finding no suitable local saint, Robert finds one in nearby Wales. 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. Talbot, Rob; Robin Whiteman (1990). Cadfael Country. Little, Brown and Company. p.74. ISBN 0-316-90562-3. The "Cadfael" series eventually extended to thirteen episodes, all of which starred Sir Derek Jacobi as the sleuthing monk. The series was filmed mostly in Hungary. [26] Radio [ edit ] Brother Cadfael has arrived late to the cloister, after a full and eventful life. Now in his mid fifties, he has left the world behind him, embraced the monastic life and tends his Benedictine garden. However, as readers will know, he is always happy to become involved in interesting events and, when Prior Roberts wishes to travel to Wales and secure the relics of a local saint for the monastery, he manages to be taken along as interpreter - and gain a place for young Brother John, whose vows he feels were made for the wrong reason.Bishop David of Bangor: Built up the church at Bangor. He approved the moving of the saint's bones to rest at the Abbey in Shropshire. He was a real historical person. Portuguese – Um Gosto Mórbido por Ossos (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #1) Publicações Europa-América 1983 ISBN 978-972-1-02269-0