Brother Cadfael · Book 7
The Sanctuary Sparrow
- Published
- 1 January 1983
- Pages
- 254
- ISBN-13
- 9781441751676
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Sanctuary Sparrow, the seventh entry, appeared in 1983 at 254 pages between The Virgin in the Ice and The Devil's Novice. Like the rest of the series, it draws Cadfael's investigative eye -- sharpened by decades as a Crusader and sailor before he took orders -- into a case touching Shrewsbury Abbey itself.
Its place in Brother Cadfael
The Sanctuary Sparrow is book 7 in the Brother Cadfael series. It follows The Virgin in the Ice. It is followed by The Devil's Novice. 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 9780333342398
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781441751676