num_pages: 3
description: In October of 1142, a local landlord gives the Potter's Field to the local clergy. The monks begin to plow it, and the blades turn up the long tresses of a young woman, dead over a year. Then the arrival of a novice who fled from an abbey ravaged by civil war in East Anglia complicates life even further for Brother Cadfael.
language: English
title: The Potter's Field
titlecomplete: The Potter's Field (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #17)
characters: Brother Cadfael
genres: Historical, Crime, Historical Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Medieval, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Detective, Mystery, British Literature
ratings_count: 6009
places: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
series: Chronicles of Brother Cadfael
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Agatha Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd