Whichever narrator you choose, if you like classic historical mysteries with lots of period ambience, you should enjoy these books. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Brother Cadfael offers to help the merchants lovely niece Emma. But I found her reading to be highly enjoyable, moving faster and with more energy than other versions of these stories I've listened to. Buy St Peter’s Fair by Peters, Ellis, Jacobi, Derek (ISBN: 9780001048003) from Amazons Book Store. Saint Peters Fair is a grand festive event, attracting tradesmen from across England.

Cadfael, hoping to assuage flaring tempers, is drawn into a. It may seem strange to have a woman narrate these stories, in which almost all the major characters are male. Peters Fair, complain that the Shrewsbury monks have not shouldered their fair share of the burden. Stephen Thorne is a classic English reader his presentations are faultless, but not compelling. Sir Derek Jacobi played the title role in the BBC dramatizations. But since Cadfael's stories lack the action of Aubrey's sea battles and political intrigues, Tull's low-key (if forceful) presentation can become soporific. Patrick Tull, best known for his splendid narrations of the Aubrey/Maturin nautical novels, is an excellent choice for the 'monastic' atmosphere of the series. There is an embarrassment of riches on Audible when it comes to narrator choice for this series. This entry, Chronicle 4, is one of my favorites. As with many series, the early-middle entries (Chronicles 3-8 in my opinion) seem to me to be the strongest. This series, published between 1977 and its author's death in 1995, helped launch the 'historical sleuth' genre of mysteries. The novels are set during a time of civil war and unrestas two cousins, Steven and Matilda (the Empress Maud) compete for England's throne. Brother Cadfael is a monk and herbalist/healer in a 12th-century Benedictine abbey on the border of England and Wales-an historically accurate location whose ruins can still be visited.

St. Peter's Fair by Ellis Peters