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The Raven in the Foregate
The Raven in the Foregate (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #12)
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Susan in NC
Apr 04, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: want-to-reread, kindle, tbr-with-gr-groups, audiobook, favorites
Lovely, low key entry in this long running series, reread with Reading the Detectives Group. Brother Cadfael started my love for historical mysteries long ago, and I treasure these rereads; I always listen to the audiobooks, beautifully narrated by Patrick Tull.

It’s Christmas again, and the tide has turned yet again in the civil war between King Stephen and Empress Maud. Stephen is free from captivity, Maud was rejected by London and is on the run. Stephen has his crown back, and has called his ...more
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Lemar
Dec 21, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: mystery
Another charming and well written Brother Cadfael mystery. Ellis Peters takes the opportunity to write some sermons here but they are, predictably, heartfelt and loving. It took me a bit outside my comfort zone but they called Brother Cadfael mysteries after all so it shouldn't take a detective to anticipate a little of that. In any case her characters continue to inhabit their world of a millennium ago. Often historical fiction figures seem to trumpet modern sensibilities while mired in their h ...more
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Robin
May 01, 2009 rated it it was ok
Shelves: mystery
Tracey
Sep 05, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: vocation, mystery, 12th-century, england, hist-myst, abbey
Jay-me (Janet)
Jul 31, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: pre-kindle
Chinook
Aug 02, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shelves: 1-kindle
MissLemon
Apr 02, 2021 rated it liked it
Shelves: own-print, cadfael
Rachel Burke
Sep 24, 2017 marked it as want-to-buy
Tasha
Jan 16, 2018 rated it really liked it
Robin
Jun 12, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Patti D'Ambrosca Taylor
Feb 04, 2020 marked it as to-read
Shelves: own-it, mystery
Ellen
Dec 08, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Sherran
Apr 19, 2022 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Judy
Sep 25, 2022 rated it really liked it
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Jennifer
Sep 30, 2022 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Dec 02, 2022 marked it as to-read
Shelves: on-libby
Karigan
Oct 21, 2023 marked it as to-read
Mary Ellen
Dec 03, 2023 rated it really liked it
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