The famous “Chronicles of Brother Cadfael” brought worldwide fame to English writer Ellis Peters, who set her heroes in 12th-century England torn apart by turmoil. Once a Crusades participant, a brave sailor and a conqueror of women’s hearts, and now a modest Benedictine monk—Brother Cadfael is the closest literary relative of the church detectives from all books and all nations: from Father Brown to Sister Pelagia.
The first novel of the famous series. In it, Brother Cadfael investigates a mysterious murder committed during a monastic expedition to obtain the sacred relics of the Welsh martyr.