Cordially Yours Brother Cadfael Author:Ann K. Kaler (Editor) Detective, monk, father, herbalist, Crusader, sailor, Celt, friend—author Ellis Peters bestows all these attributes on her twelfth-century Benedictine monk-detective Brother Cadfael. As a detective, Cadfael uses his analytic mind to solve crimes and administer justice. As a man of God, he also dispenses mercy along with his famous cordials... more ».
Why, essays ask, is a cloistered monk solving murders?
How can an author combine a valid detective and an effective healer?
Contents:
The role of religion in the Cadfael series / Anita M. Vickers --
Brother Cadfael's vocation : Benedictine monasticism in the Cadfael chronicles / Judith J. Kollmann --
The moral world of Brother Cadfael / Anthony Hopkins --
Fathers in the chronicles of Brother Cadfael / Carol A. Mylod --
Saints, lepers, beggars, and pilgrims of Brother Cadfael / Anne K. Kaler --
Soldier, sailor, cleric, celt : the philosophy of Brother Cadfael / Kayla McKinney Wiggins --
Stephen or Maud : Brother Cadfael's discernment / Marcia J. Songer --
Cadfael and the borders / Margaret Lewis --
Brother Cadfael and his herbs / Margaret Baker --
Vision in A rare Benedictine / Carol A. Mylod.
Editor Anne K. Kaler, a professor of English at Gwynedd-Mercy College, has written and/or edited a number of books on Popular Culture.« less