A Rare Benedictine: The Advent of Brother Cadfael (Digital Original) (The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #0)

By: Ellis Peters

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Synopsis: &“Three classic stories featuring Brother Cadfael . . . whose powers of deduction are practically miraculous&” in the Silver Dagger–winning medieval mystery series (Booklist). &“Brother Cadfael sprang to life suddenly and unexpectedly when he was already approaching sixty, mature, experienced, fully armed and seventeen years tonsured.&” So writes Ellis Peters in her introduction to A Rare Benedictine—three vintage tales of intrigue and treachery featuring the monastic sleuth who has become the best-loved ecclesiastical detective since Father Brown. Although Cadfael has appeared in twenty novel-length chronicles, the story of his entry into the monastery at Shrewsbury has been known hitherto only to a few readers. Now his myriad fans can discover the chain of events that led him into the Benedictine Order.