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Firth, Julian

Overview
Works:42 works in 53 publications in 4 languages and 2,225 library holdings
Roles:Actor
Classifications:pn1995.9.d4, 791.45
Most widely held works by Julian Firth
The sanctuary sparrow( visu )
3 editions published between 1994 and 2004 in English and held by 420 libraries worldwide
Suspected of robbing the town goldsmith, a young juggler seeks refuge at the abbey where Brother Cadfael is given the job of keeping an eye him while the authorities investigate. But things become more complicated when the goldsmith's neighbor is found floating dead in the river.
Monk's hood( visu )
2 editions published between 1994 and 2005 in English and held by 401 libraries worldwide
A wealthy landowner is poisoned while staying at the abbey, and when Brother Cadfael is called upon to identify the poison, he is shocked to discover the victim's wife is his own childhood sweetheart.
Cadfael. Monk's hood( visu )
2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 293 libraries worldwide
Brother Cadfael investigates the murder of a wealthy landowner, who has disinherited his stepson and is poisoned by food prepared by the Abbey. Cadfael discovers that the man's widow is his own childhood sweetheart.
Cadfael. Set III( visu )
2 editions published between 2002 and 2010 in English and held by 69 libraries worldwide
A morbid taste for bones: When a young monk claims to see visions of St. Winifred, Cadfael and a party from Shrewsbury Abbey trek to Wales to excavate her holy relics and are met with much hostility.
Derek Jacobi is Cadfael. set III( visu )
1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 53 libraries worldwide
A morbid taste for bones: When a young monk claims to see visions of St. Winifred, Cadfael and a party from Shrewsbury Abbey trek to Wales to excavate her holy relics and are met with much hostility.
Cadfael. Series one( visu )
1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 37 libraries worldwide
The virgin in the ice( visu )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 36 libraries worldwide
The twelfth century monk who turns to his knowledge of medicine and nature to clear the name of a much-loved novice and discover the truth behind the death of a young woman found frozen at the bottom of a brook.
St. Peter's fair( visu )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 35 libraries worldwide
A visiting merchant is murdered at the Shrewsbury fair, and many of the locals may have had a motive. The search for the murderer intensifies after a second merchant is killed.
Cadfael. Series two( visu )
1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 35 libraries worldwide
One corpse too many( visu )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 34 libraries worldwide
Cadfael is called upon to bury 94 rebel soldiers. The ceremony is disrupted when Cadfael finds one corpse too many, and no one is avove suspicion as he hunts for the murderer.
The Leper of St. Giles( visu )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 33 libraries worldwide
A great wedding is to take place at he Abbey of Screwsbury between the powerful Baron Huon de Domville and the young and beautiful Iveta De Massard. When the Baron disappears the night before the wedding, Cadfael sets out to investigate.
The Rose rent( visu )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 33 libraries worldwide
A young monk falls in love with a beautiful widow and is found cruelly bludgeoned to death.
A Morbid taste for bones( visu )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 33 libraries worldwide
When a party of monks treks to Wales to dig up the remains of St. Winifred, the main opponent to their excavation efforts is found dead.
The devil's novice( visu )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 33 libraries worldwide
Cadfael suspects the motives of the young man wanting to join Shrewsbury Abbey as a novice not entirley selfless. A senior cleric sent to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a collegue forms the same impression. Suspicions increase when the half-burnt body of the cleric is found and a wild man from the woods is falsely accused.
Cadfael. Set 2( visu )
1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 32 libraries worldwide
Twelfth century Shrewsbury comes dramatically to life in Ellis Peters' story of Brother Cadfael--a good man in an evil world.
The Potter's field( visu )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 32 libraries worldwide
When a woman's skelton is discovered in a local potter's field, Cadfael must find the culprit before he himself is found lynch by an angry mob.
The Raven in the foregate( visu )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 32 libraries worldwide
After refusing to baptize the illegitimate baby of a local prostitute, the new parish priest is found dead in the river.
Cadfael. Set 4( visu )
1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 31 libraries worldwide
In The pilgrim of hate a body turns up in a sack during the annual "Cripples' Day" pilgrimage. In The potter's field, a woman's skeleton is unearthed in a field that has recently been donated to the abbey. In The holy thief, two visiting monks are implicated when holy relics of Saint Winifred disappear.
The Pilgrim of hate( visu )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 31 libraries worldwide
A body is found among a crowd of visitors to Shrewsbury, leaving Cadfael to uncover possible explanations for the death.
The Holy thief( visu )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 31 libraries worldwide
Brothers from Ramsey come to Shrewsbury looking for money to rebuild their monastery, which has been ransacked by rebel soldiers. They claim a loan of Saint Winifred's Holy Relics, which are housed at Shrewsbury, would be suitable generosity. Cadfael and the Abbot opt to provide the men with a gift of precious gems instead. During a cataclysmic night of violent storms, the Holy Relics disappear. Cadfael is dispatched to recover them and unearths a wrong much greater than he had expected.
 
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The sanctuary sparrow
Languages
English (50)
Spanish (1)
German (1)
Undetermined (1)
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Monk's hoodCadfael. Monk's hood
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