Stars: Derek Jacobi

Summary: Brother Cadfael (born in 1080 A.D.), a 12th-century monk at Shrewsberry Abbey in Norman England, solves crimes and treats illnesses with his botanical knowledge of herbs and plants. Based on the 21 Cadfael novels by Ellis Peters (a.k.a. Edith Pargeter) and featuring Derek Jacobi as Cadfael, this collection includes the complete series.

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Brother Cadfael, the medieval mystery-solving monk, is a fascinating detective, at once a man of God, of science, and even of action. Derek Jacobi stars as the former "soldier, sailor, sinner, and Crusader" who has his faith tested by crimes of royal intrigue and baffling murders that seem to plague 12th-century Shrewsbury. You'll find few Benedictine monks so skilled at using a quarterstaff, but beware never to tell him your theory of how a crime "must" have been committed. "We must always be wary of 'must'," he states. "Nothing is certain." And so attest these divine mysteries based on the books by Ellis Peters. Each feature-length episode is self-contained but plays against the backdrop of England's civil war between forces loyal to King Stephen and those to Empress Maud. Eoin McCarthy costars as local Under-Sheriff Hugh Beringar, who relies on Cadfael when murder subverts his efforts to keep the peace. --Donald Liebenson

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	1994
Release Date:	August 17, 2009
Runtime:	988 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	3711532063
Keywords:	English, Mystery, Cadfael, Whodunnit
Genre:	Mystery/Whodunnit