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In this unique mystery series based on the
best selling books
by Ellis Peters, Sir Derek Jacobi (I, Claudius) stars as Brother Cadfael,
a compassionate seeker of truth and justice in chaotic world medieval England.
Each of the 13 feature-length episodes is
self-contained but plays against the backdrop of England's civil war
between forces loyal to King Stephen and those to Empress Maud. Derek
Jacobi (I, Claudius, Gladiator) stars as Cadfael, who at
one point is aptly described as "an odd kind of monk." The former
"soldier, sailor, sinner, and Crusader" has his faith tested by crimes
of royal intrigue and baffling murders that seem to plague the neutral
ground of 12th-century Shrewsbury. |
