num_pages: 256
description: In the summer of 1144, a strange calm has settled over England. The armies of King Stephen &amp; Empress Maud, the two royal cousins contending for the throne, have temporarily exhausted each other. On the whole, Brother Cadfael considers peace a blessing &amp; agrees to accompany a friend to Wales. When Cadfael is captured by an army of Danish mercenaries, he finds himself in the midst of a brotherly quarrel that could plunge an entire kingdom into deadly chaos.
language: English
title: The Summer of the Danes
titlecomplete: The Summer of the Danes (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #18)
characters: Brother Cadfael
genres: Fiction, Historical, Mystery, British Literature, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Historical Mystery, Medieval, Historical Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 4752
places: Wales
series: Chronicles of Brother Cadfael
publisher: Mysterious Press