{"id":6113,"date":"2016-10-10T19:26:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T23:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=6113"},"modified":"2025-07-02T16:20:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T20:20:57","slug":"monks-hood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/6113","title":{"rendered":"Monk&#8217;s Hood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2dH3t7C\">Monk&#8217;s Hood<\/a><\/em> (1980) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/Peters_Ellis.php\">Ellis Peters<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2dH3t7C\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Monks-Hood.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"monks-hood\" 300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Monks-Hood.jpg?w=287&amp;ssl=1 287w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Monks-Hood.jpg?resize=181%2C300&amp;ssl=1 181w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/a>Set in England in 1138.<\/p>\n<p>When a man is murdered, and one of Brother Cadfael&#8217;s potions is the cause of death, Brother Cadfael is determined to seek out the person who so misused his medicine.<\/p>\n<p>There are some interesting points of law here, a reminder of how much things have changed, as well as how different things could be from one country to another.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Not even the church would argue a bastard\u2019s right to inherit, while the state would deny it even where marriage of the parents, every way legal, followed the birth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another interesting sub-plot was the uproar in the Abbey as the abbot is sent to London, and Prior Robert assumes that he will become the abbot in his stead. Which would be bad not just for Brother Cadfeal, but for all the brothers.<\/p>\n<p>Although there were some slow parts, I did enjoy this mystery.<br \/>\n<strong>Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Published by MysteriousPress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monk&#8217;s Hood (1980) Ellis Peters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[12,30,190,292,33,8,26],"tags":[120,119,549,877,878],"class_list":["post-6113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-10","category-british","category-cozy","category-ebook","category-historical","category-mystery","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-1AB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10977,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/10977","url_meta":{"origin":6113,"position":0},"title":"Monk&#8217;s Hood","author":"Michelle","date":"August 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Monk's Hood (1980) Ellis Peters Set in England in 1138. 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He felt in his heart that that was sin, the sin of despair; not despair\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;British&quot;","block_context":{"text":"British","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/british"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Monks-Hood.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":23703,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/23703","url_meta":{"origin":6113,"position":1},"title":"Monk&#8217;s Hood","author":"Michelle","date":"June 10, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Monk's Hood (1980) Ellis Peters (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #3) Set in England in 1138 The tide of civil war between King Stephen and the partisans of the Empress Maud had receded into the southwestern borders, leaving Shrewsbury to recover cautiously from having backed the weaker side and paid a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;9\/10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"9\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/9-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Monk's Hood","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Monks-Hood.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11145,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/11145","url_meta":{"origin":6113,"position":2},"title":"An Excellent Mystery","author":"Michelle","date":"October 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"An Excellent Mystery (1985) Ellis Peters Set in England in 1141 The war between Stephen and Maud continues, leading to the burning of much of Winchester. 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