Brother Cadfael · Book 12
The Raven in the Foregate
- Published
- 1 January 1986
- Pages
- 238
- ISBN-13
- 9781455123407
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Raven in the Foregate followed An Excellent Mystery as the twelfth Brother Cadfael novel, appearing in 1986 at 238 pages. As in the rest of the series, Cadfael's work as abbey herbalist and his history as a soldier before taking orders combine to make him Shrewsbury's de facto detective whenever a body turns up.
Its place in Brother Cadfael
The Raven in the Foregate is book 12 in the Brother Cadfael series. It follows An Excellent Mystery. It is followed by The Rose Rent. 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 9780751522662
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781455123407