{"id":11613,"date":"2019-01-27T20:42:54","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T01:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=11613"},"modified":"2025-07-02T16:19:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T20:19:52","slug":"the-confession-of-brother-haluin-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/11613","title":{"rendered":"The Confession of Brother Haluin"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Confession of Brother Haluin<\/a><\/em> (1988) Ellis Peters <\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Set in England in 1143<\/p>\n

Stephen and Maud are still battling over the English throne.<\/p>\n

It seemed that as often as either of them got within touch of the crown, fortune took fright at the prospect of being in the service of either, and hurriedly snatched the prize away.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cadfael was not of the opinion that a man\u2019s main business in this world was to save his own soul. There are other ailing souls, as there are ailing bodies, in need of a hoist towards health.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is a terrible responsibility, thought Cadfael, who had never aspired to ordination, to have the grace of God committed to a man\u2019s hands, to be privileged and burdened to play a part in other people\u2019s lives, to promise them salvation in baptism, to lock their lives together in matrimony, to hold the key to purgatory at their departing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m still somewhat disturbed by the two young people, raised as siblings, falling in love.<\/p>\n

Publisher: MysteriousPress
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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It seemed that as often as either of them got within touch of the crown, fortune took fright at the prospect of being in the service of either, and hurriedly snatched the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[193,30,190,292,33,8,41,26],"tags":[120,119,549,877,878],"class_list":["post-11613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7-10","category-british","category-cozy","category-ebook","category-historical","category-mystery","category-reread","category-romance","tag-brother-cadfael","tag-ellis-peters","tag-high-middle-ages","tag-medieval","tag-the-anarchy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-31j","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24111,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24111","url_meta":{"origin":11613,"position":0},"title":"The Confession of Brother Haluin","author":"Michelle","date":"December 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The Confession of Brother Haluin (1988) Ellis Peters (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #15) Set in Shrewsbury, England in 1143 A moraine of crumpled, untidy snow hills formed along the frozen drainage channel, and one unwary brother, who had failed to hear or heed the warning shout from above, was briefly\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Confession of Brother Haluin","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/The-Confession-of-Brother-Haluin.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6158,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/6158","url_meta":{"origin":11613,"position":1},"title":"The Confession of Brother Haluin","author":"Michelle","date":"November 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Confession of Brother Haluin (1988) Ellis Peters Set in England in 1143. 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