Brother Cadfael book 18 · 1991
The Summer of the Danes
Cadfael travels into Wales as a translator on a church mission and is caught up in a war between Welsh princes and the Danish mercenaries hired by one of them.
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Book facts
- Author
- Ellis Peters
- Series
- Brother Cadfael, book 18 of 20
- Published
- 1991
- Setting
- Set in Shrewsbury
- Characters charted
- 5
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in The Summer of the Danes
5 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 3
- Abbot RadulfusAbbot of Shrewsbury
- Prior RobertAmbitious prior of the abbey
- Brother JeromePrior Robert’s sanctimonious clerk
Also featuring these characters
Other Ellis Peters books that share the most characters with The Summer of the Danes.
- The Heretic’s Apprentice1989 · Brother Cadfael · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Brother Cadfael’s Penance1994 · Brother Cadfael · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Confession of Brother Haluin1988 · Brother Cadfael · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Hermit of Eyton Forest1987 · Brother Cadfael · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon