Cadfael, Brother
Cadfael, Brother in the popular detective stories of Ellis Peters (1913–95), a former crusader who is a Benedictine monk of the 12th-century abbey of Shrewsbury, later home to the shrine of St Winefride; Cadfael uses his worldly knowledge and herbalist's skills, as well as his faith, to resolve mysteries in the abbey and the town.
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BORN: 1890, Torquay, England
DIED: 1976, Wallingford, England
NATIONALITY: British
GENRE: Fiction, Drama
MAJOR WORKS:
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