Ellis Peters: The Rose Rent

24 Festive Tasks: Door 3 – Melbourne Cup Day, Book:

Read a book about horses, with a horse or with roses on the cover, about gardening, set in Australia or by an Australian author.

For this one, inspired by Moonlight, I decided to revisit one of my all-time favorite series … with a book that very appropriately has roses on the covers of many of its editions because it is, actually all about roses — or one rose bush in particular.

Project Page: The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael

Reviews and other Blog Posts:
Ellis Peters: A Morbid Taste for Bones
Ellis Peters: The Devil’s Novice
Ellis Peters: The Raven in the Foregate
Ellis Peters: Brother Cadfael’s Penance
CADFAEL (Carlton / Acorn Media) – TV series
Brother Cadfael: An Ideal Teacher
Robin Whiteman & Rob Talbot: Brother Cadfael’s Herb Garden & Cadfael Country / Robin Whiteman: The Cadfael Companion / Ellis Peters: Strongholds and Sanctuaries

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