223 pages
English language
Published Aug. 12, 1981 by Morrow.
4 stars
(8 reviews)
A stiff-necked old man grants his manor to Shrewsbury Abbey, then dies via poison in a meal sent over by the abbey. Among the suspects Cadfael must work through are himself as brewer of the poison and part of the abbey, a hot-headed step-son, a bastard, and a villein.
Subjects
- Cadfael, Brother (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Herbalists -- Fiction
- Monks -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- Stephen, 1135-1154 -- Fiction
- Shrewsbury (England) -- Fiction