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Brother Cadfael is the herbalist in the Benedictine monastery in [[The High Middle Ages|12th-century]] Shrewsbury. He is a former soldier who became a monk in later life and consequently has a more worldly experience and outlook than many of his colleagues.
Inspired the 1990s TV series ''[[Cadfael (TV series)|Cadfael]]'', with [[Derek Jacobi]] in the title role. Also, [[The BBC]] adapted some of the books for radio.
== Books in this series ==
* ''A Morbid Taste for Bones'' (1977)
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* [[Amateur Sleuth]]: Cadfael
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* [[Faking the Dead]]
* [[Fix Fic]]: [[The Reveal]] in ''One Corpse too Many'' offers a possible explanation for a historical action (kill all ninety-four defenders of the Empress' claim to Shrewsbury) by King Stephen that was totally [[Out of Character]] for him.
* [[Friend
* [[Genius Bonus]]: Cadfael's conflicts with Prior Robert and other conservative monks are a microcosm of the intellectual conflict then raging in Western Europe between neo-Aristotelianism and Augustinianism. Neo-Aristotelianism originated in the Middle East, where Cadfael spent his youth.
* [[Good Bad Girl]]: Avice of Thornbury aka Sister Magdalen. Also Eluned from ''The Raven in the Foregate'', a sweet girl who can't say no.
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* [[Moustache De Plume]]
* [[My Master, Right or Wrong]] - Olivier to Empress Maude. He is presented as pure and noble for it instead of gray.
* [[Needle in
* [[Never Suicide]]: Or at least never acknowledge that it is suicide - a mortal sin that would deprive the victim of Christian burial.
* [[New Old Flame]]: Richildis, in the Cadfael novel ''Monk's-Hood''
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* [[Taking the Heat]]: In ''Potter's Field'' {{spoiler|a young man tries to take the blame for a murder he believes his father committed - to protect the family name. As it happens his mother knows the truth and it's not what anybody expects.}}
* [[That Old Time Prescription]]
* [[Trial
* [[The Uriah Gambit]]
* [[Viewers are Morons]]: Some recent American editions change Peters's spelling of Celtic and Norman names, apparently because the publishers think readers are morons. The worst: changing '''Olivier''' de Bretagne into '''Oliver'''.
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