Brother Cadfael · Book 17
The Heretic's Apprentice
- Published
- 1 January 1989
- Pages
- 250
- ISBN-13
- 9780446400008
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Heretic's Apprentice, the sixteenth Brother Cadfael novel, was published in 1989 at 250 pages. It continues the series' grounding in real medieval history, with Cadfael working alongside -- and sometimes against -- the local sheriff's officers against the backdrop of the Anarchy.
Its place in Brother Cadfael
The Heretic's Apprentice is book 17 in the Brother Cadfael series. It follows The Confession of Brother Haluin. It is followed by The Potter's Field. 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 9780446400008