The Raven In The Foregate: 12
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Raven In The Foregate: 12
By (Author) Ellis Peters
Little, Brown Book Group
Sphere
2nd November 1997
1st February 1996
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
823.912
Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Width 108mm, Height 178mm, Spine 18mm
160g
Description
In a mild December in the year of our Lord 1141, a new priest comes to the parishoners of the Foregate outside the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Father Ailnoth brings with him a housekeeper and her nephew- and a disposition that invites murder. Brother Cadfael quickly sees that Father Ailnoth is a harsh man who behaves like a doom-saying raven. The housekeeper's nephew, Benet, is quite different, a smiling lad, a hard worker in Cadfael's herb garden but, as Brother Cadfael soon discovers, an impostor. And when Ailnoth is found drowned, suspicion falls on Benet, though many in the Foregate had cause to want the priest dead. Now Brother Cadfael is gathering clues along with his medicinals to treat a case of unholy passions, tragic politics, and perhaps divine intervention.
Reviews
'Miss Peters is a beguiling writer.' DAILY TELEGRAPH
Author Bio
Ellis Peters is one of the pseudonyms of Edith Pargeter who wrote several books under her own name and also Peter Benedict, Jolyon Carr and John Redfern. She was the recipient of the Crime Writers Association and the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award. She died in 1995.
