because of different literary styles employed by authors but also in character development. G.K. Chesterton, famed English theologian, writes about the adventures of a Catholic Father with the name Brown, the latter of these two detectives. Brother Cadfael, a Welsh, living in medieval England came out of the imagination of an author with the pseudonym of Ellis Peters. Besides being set in two different periods, the detectives differed in their view of man, their sleuthing skills, and motivation for
Father Brown and Brother Cadfael were two monks with very different crime solving techniques. Father Brown is a short and plump little monk who listening skills for surpass those of the wise old owl. He claims it is the result of listening to people confess their sins every day. On the other hand, Brother Cadfael is just an average monk who loves to garden as well as mentor younger wanna-be monks. Like Father Brown started his life ending up in bad situations but eventually when he was about
various odd cases that come his way in everyday life. Alternately, A Morbid Taste for Bones concerns an older monk named Brother Cadfael who lives in the middle ages, and is caught in the middle of the murder of a farmer in a small village. Desperately, he tries to figure out who murdered the man, to appease the farmer’s livid daughter Sioned. Since both Brown and Cadfael are of the priesthood, it is fascinating comparing the two characters and seeing how they are similar, and how they are different
fictional Brother Cadfael from the real Benedictine monastery, Shrewsbury Abbey. In the novel, the monastery desires to move a relic, the bones of Saint Winifred, from a Welsh village, Gwytherin, to Shrewsbury Abbey in order to improve the monastery’s reputation. Brother Cadfael is brought along with the Prior of the monastery because of Brother Cadfael’s knowledge of the Welsh language. Soon after their arrival, a rich man in Gwytherin named Rhisiart is murdered. Then, Brother Cadfael decides to solve
obstacle: Rhisiart. But, it cannot be him because he was with all the brothers (except with Brother Richard, who wasn’t with them) when the murder took place. Peredur is also suspicious. He run away when Cadfael spoke about Rhisiart, he looked like a man being chased by the devil, thought Cadfael (page 36). But he had no reason to kill him, since Rhisiart wanted him to marry