Brother Cadfael book 4 · 1981
Saint Peter’s Fair
At the abbey’s annual fair, a merchant from Bristol is found murdered, and Cadfael is drawn into the mystery, which reaches into the politics of the war.
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Book facts
- Author
- Ellis Peters
- Series
- Brother Cadfael, book 4 of 20
- Published
- 1981
- Setting
- Set in Shrewsbury
- Characters charted
- 7
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in Saint Peter’s Fair
7 recurring or key characters from Ellis Peters’s chart.
Lead 1
- Brother CadfaelBenedictine monk and herbalist, a former crusader
Major 1
- Hugh BeringarDeputy sheriff, later sheriff of Shropshire
Minor and cameo 5
- Abbot RadulfusAbbot of Shrewsbury
- Prior RobertAmbitious prior of the abbey
- Brother JeromePrior Robert’s sanctimonious clerk
- Brother MarkCadfael’s young assistant
- Aline SiwardYoung noblewoman who marries Hugh
Also featuring these characters
Other Ellis Peters books that share the most characters with Saint Peter’s Fair.
- The Potter’s Field1989 · Brother Cadfael · 7 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Virgin in the Ice1982 · Brother Cadfael · 6 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Sanctuary Sparrow1983 · Brother Cadfael · 6 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Devil’s Novice1983 · Brother Cadfael · 6 shared charactersBuy on Amazon