Ellis Peters

A Morbid Taste For Bones [the first Brother Cadfael]

New York: Morrow, 1977. First American edition. Hardcover. First American edition, first printing. Fine in bright, crisp dust jacket whose only flaw is a nearly invisible short closed tear top left corner of rear panel;. Hardcover. 191 pp. The first in this superb series of medieval mysteries featuring monk/apothecary/sleuth Brother Cadfael. Cadfael is introduced in this unique blend of charm and suspense in which an English prior leads a delegation of his brothers into Wales to acquire the bones of obscure St. Winifred, to whom miraculous powers have been attributed since her death. The villagers where the bones rest, however, are not well pleased; their leader is murdered and his daughter stands accused of the crime. Cadfael joins forces with the young woman to discover the real killer. The Brother Cadfael series established Peters (Edith Pargeter) as the First Lady of the historical mystery; the series ran to more than twenty books bwteen 1977 and 1994 and was the basis for the ITV/PBS televison series starring Derek Jacobi in the title role. Fine / fine. Item #E34374
ISBN: 0688033741

Price: $150.00