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A Morbid Taste for Bones: 1400 Headwords (Oxford Bookworms Library)
by Ellis Peters (Editor: John Escott)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Oxford University Press (2007-12-20)
ISBN: 0194791793
EAN: 9780194791793
Binding/Media: Paperback - 96 pages
SKU: S395a-1569
Condition: Very Good
Comments: UNREAD but may have a crease or mark or minor imperfections. In stock - Sent fast from British booksellers.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Murder in the twelfth century is no different from murder today. There is still a dead body, though this time with an arrow through the heart instead of a bullet. There is still a need to bury the dead, to comfort the living - and to catch the murderer. When Brother Cadfael comes to a village in the Welsh hills, he finds himself doing all three of those things. And there is nothing simple about this death. The murdered man's daughter needs Cadfael's help in more ways than one. There are questions about the arrow. And the burial is the strangest thing of all ...
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Customer Reviews
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A fine series
Rating  (5)
Date: 2010-07-03
After reading another in the series I wanted to read them all so I purchased the first. It is not important to read them in order, but it makes the rest of the mysteries even more interesting. Brother Cadfael is sent to Wales on an errand he does not particularly like. Being an obedient monk he goes with others from the abbey to obtain important sacred relics, bones of a saint. As we might imagine there is a murder which Brother Cadfael solves.
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Amusing and fun
Rating  (4)
Date: 2010-06-11
This is a fun and entertaining story--nothing more or less than that--and it gets 4 stars for the simple reason it delivers on that implicit promise.
Lots a period detail that rings true. But more importantly, the story is peopled with characters I want to revisit in the series' later books.
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Of Mystery, Monks and Miracles
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-01-09
In this first chronicle of Brother Cadfael, the medieval monk and amateur sleuth, Peters takes us along as the Benedictine brothers travel to a small Welsh village in order to claim the relics of a neglected saint as their own. But when the community's most outspoken opponent of the relocation is murdered, Cadfael sets out to discover the killer and ends up becoming involved in the miracles attendant upon the saint. A wonderful, short mystery that has become a classic in the genre. The television adaptation starring Derek Jacobi is also highly recommended.
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The first Cadfael and a great mystery
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-11-26
As with many books or stories that we get involve with, the characters and their relationships to others in the environment is an important as the mystery. Ellis Peters (Edith Pargeter) strikes a balance between the characters, history and the mystery. Sprinkled throughout is faith, and a chance that they (the monks) may be correct in the explanation of saints and how the world works.
The external environment is the ongoing 11th century civil war between English King Stephen and his sister the Empress Maude. We also have references to the different societies as they travel to Wales. These become more relevant as the series progresses.
The inward struggle between faith and power is depicted as an individual monk is persuaded or wants to be persuaded to go on a mission to retrieve a neglected saint "St. Winifred." She lies in Wales and it happens that Brother Cadfael has a Welsh background, so he is charged with supporting the mission.
If you saw the movie you will immediately see the differences between it and he book. One main point is the fact that the monk was cured before the trip. The best difference is reviled with the detection and solution to the mystery.
One Corpse Too Many: The Second Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
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Excellent beginning
Rating (4)
Date: 2009-09-18
I didn't start reading the Brother Cadfael mysteries until the series was complete, but I have enjoyed every one of the books. This first chronicle is no exception, but it is missing the background (and sometimes foreground) tension of the later books. The mystery takes them into Wales where we are introduced to Cadfael's background. The mystery is intriguing and chilling. I highly recommend it...and all the books in this series.
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