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.
Key facts about The Raven in the Foregate
Ellis Peters wrote The Raven in the Foregate, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1986. The book has 238 pages.
We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781455123407 to find the main one.
The Raven in the Foregate is book 12 of 21 in the Brother Cadfael series. The series has 21 published books. However, the series starts with A Morbid Taste for Bones (1977).
Additionally, Ellis Peters writes Inspector George Felse as a separate series. Those series sit on our historical mystery and cozy mystery shelves. Meanwhile, Brother Cadfael's Penance is the latest published Ellis Peters book on file, from 1994.
About Ellis Peters
Ellis Peters was the principal pen name of Edith Pargeter, a prolific British author best known for the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, a series of historical mysteries set in a twelfth-century Benedictine abbey in Shrewsbury, England, and featuring a Welsh monk who came to the cloister after a worldly life as a soldier and Crusader. See every Ellis Peters book in order.
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