A review by naylorjj
The Raven in the Foregate by Ellis Peters

4.0

The Cadfael books are comfort reads for me, and I enjoyed being with all the characters I’ve grown to love once again. Like previous books, this is taking place during the 12th century English civil war. The tolerance most characters are practicing in this story despite being on separate sides (Queen Maude vs King Stephen, clergy vs lay members of the community) is a nice change of pace from today’s political atmosphere. In a Cadfael story at least, compassion, tolerance, reason, and identifying we are all in this together rule the day.