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The Benediction of Brother Cadfael

Part of the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael series

An omnibus volume containing the first two chronicles of Brother Cadfael, the remarkable medieval detective, features A Morbid Taste for Bonesand One Corpse Too Many, as well as photographs and text from Cadfael Country.17,500 first printing.

Genre
mysteryhistorical fictionhistorical mysterycrime
Setting
12th centurybritish
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 348 pages

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