La fiera di San Pietro

The Fourth Chronicle Of Brother Cadfael, Of The Benedictine Abbey Of Saint Peter And Saint Paul, At Shrewsbury Trouble between the Abby of St. Peter and St. Paul and the town of Shrewsbury leads to a minor riot at the yearly Fair of St. Peter. Then there is murder, intrigue, a wrongly suspected man a Leggi tutto

I think it’s high time I had a break: too many damsels in distress and noble young men ready to come to rescue. The series is super cosy but one should know their limits of cuteness. I’ll save the remaining ones for the rainy day.

I liked this a lot even though, as usual, it was easy to peg the villain from the moment he showed up. However, the complexity of the reason for the murders, the mysterious behavior of Emma, and her two potential suitors all made the story well worth listening to. I am finding these to be really goo Leggi tutto

By way of full-disclosure, I have read most or all of Ellis Peters’ Brother Cadfael novels when they were first available. But that was long ago and far away in my memory. I picked up this one by chance and reading it was an opportunity to again explore a period of turmoil in English history when th Leggi tutto