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The Potter's Field (Audio CD)

Description: ISBN 0001047825 / Author: Ellis Peters / Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi / Genre: Fiction / The woman in the grave had been buried in secrecy, unblessed, the crude cross her hands clasped made from hedgerow twigs. But who is she? Brother Cadfael sets about investigating.

Newest Review: ... Cadfael is a monk at Shrewsbury Abbey, where he is a herbalist. He was not always a monk though; he first went overseas on ... more

... the First Crusade and so knows much more about human nature than does the average, closeted monk. As such, he makes a superb detective, and has often used his investigative skills to solve crimes in the district, aided by local Sheriff, Hugh Beringar. This understanding of human nature makes Cadfael very likeable as a character; he is not quite as judgemental as otherwise might be expected - being not easily shocked by the mistakes that human beings tend to make. Cadfael has been televised, with Derek Jacobi in ...more

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The Potter's Field (Audio CD): Dead and buried in medieval Shropshire (818 words)
by sunmeilan - written on 22/10/07 (Very useful, 123 readings)
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When the Abbey receives a gift of a field, the last thing the monks expected was to find the body of a woman buried in it, particularly as she had been buried unblessed. The obvious explanation is that the body is that of Generys, the wife of Ruald, who left his wife to answer holy orders and who used to lease the field. But then Sulien Blount turns up, claiming that he can prove Generys is still alive. Can Cadfael put aside his work with medicinal herbs to investigate how the woman died? And what role did a tramp staying in Ruald's former cottage have in the murder? This is the seventeenth book in the Brother Cadfael series and is set in Shropshire in 1843. ...

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