Cordially Yours, Brother Cadfael - Hardcover
Detective, monk, father, herbalist, Crusader, sailor, Celt, friend—author Ellis Peters bestows all these attributes on her twelfth-century Benedictine monk-detective Brother Cadfael. As a detective, Cadfael uses his analytic mind to solve crimes and administer justice. As a man of God, he also dispenses mercy along with his famous cordials.
Why, essays ask, is a cloistered monk solving murders? How can an author combine a valid detective and an effective healer?
Why, essays ask, is a cloistered monk solving murders? How can an author combine a valid detective and an effective healer?
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Currently a professor of English at Gwynedd-Mercy College, Anne K. Kaler is editing an issue of Clues on romance in mystery and a collection of academic essays on conventions of the romance genre for Popular Press. She serves as area chair of the Romance Writers and Writing panels for the national Popular Culture Association Conference and Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association Conference.
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Her publications include The Picara: From Hera to Fantasy Heroine and articles in The Culture of Celebra-tions, Heroines of Popular Culture from Popular Press,in Andrew Greeley's World (Warner), and in Chocolate: The Food of the Gods (Greenwood).
From dust jacket: Detective, monk, father, herbalist, Crusader, sailor, Celt, friend-Ellis Peters bestows all these attributes on her twelfth-century Benedictine monk-detective Brother Cadfael. As a detective Cadfael uses his analytic mind to solve the crimes and administer justice-as he sees it. As a man of God, he also dispenses mercy along with his cordials.
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- PublisherPopular Press 1
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 087972773X
- ISBN 13 9780879727734
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages176
- EditorKaler Anne K.
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