Brother Cadfael book 1 · 1977
A Morbid Taste for Bones
In 1137, Prior Robert leads a party of monks from Shrewsbury to a Welsh village to bring back the bones of Saint Winifred for the abbey. Not everyone in the village wants to let her go, and when a local landowner who opposes the plan is murdered, Brother Cadfael, who speaks Welsh, investigates.
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Book facts
- Author
- Ellis Peters
- Series
- Brother Cadfael, book 1 of 20
- Published
- 1977
- Setting
- Set in Shrewsbury
- Characters charted
- 3
- Chart confidence
- High
A Morbid Taste for Bones on screen
- Cadfael (1994–1998, series, ITV). Derek Jacobi plays the twelfth-century monk and herbalist who solves murders around Shrewsbury Abbey during England’s civil war.
Who is in A Morbid Taste for Bones
3 recurring or key characters from Ellis Peters’s chart. Introduces Brother Cadfael, Prior Robert and Brother Jerome.
Lead 1
- Brother CadfaelFirst appearanceBenedictine monk and herbalist, a former crusader
Minor and cameo 2
- Prior RobertFirst appearanceAmbitious prior of the abbey
- Brother JeromeFirst appearancePrior Robert’s sanctimonious clerk
Also featuring these characters
Other Ellis Peters books that share the most characters with A Morbid Taste for Bones.
- Monk’s Hood1980 · Brother Cadfael · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Saint Peter’s Fair1981 · Brother Cadfael · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Leper of Saint Giles1981 · Brother Cadfael · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Virgin in the Ice1982 · Brother Cadfael · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon