Brother Cadfael · Book 4
Saint Peter's Fair
- Published
- 1 January 1981
- Pages
- 268
- ISBN-13
- 9781433264818
- Type
- novel
About this book
Saint Peter's Fair, the fourth Cadfael novel, was published in 1981 at 268 pages, following Monk's Hood and preceding The Leper of Saint Giles. As in every entry, Cadfael works alongside -- and sometimes at odds with -- the local sheriff's officers, his herbalist's knowledge and worldly past giving him an investigative edge.
Its place in Brother Cadfael
Saint Peter's Fair is book 4 in the Brother Cadfael series. It follows Monk's Hood. It is followed by The Leper of Saint Giles. See the full Brother Cadfael reading order.
Brother Cadfael is a Benedictine monk at Shrewsbury Abbey in 1120s-1140s England who came to the cloister late in life, after decades as a Crusader, sailor and soldier of fortune — worldly experience that makes him the abbey's herbalist, its most perceptive judge of character, and its de facto detective whenever a body turns up on abbey grounds or in the surrounding Shropshire countryside. Working alongside (and sometimes at odds with) the local sheriff's officers, Cadfael investigates murders set against the…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780751514001
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781433264818