Before Umberto Eco and CJ Sansom plundered the Middle Ages for literary gems there was the great Edith Pargeter, and Cadfael Good sirs! Fetch me my lute, that I may compose a plaint for the hand of – ...

If you had told me two weeks ago that today I would be enthusiastically recommending Cadfael to everyone I see, I would have thought you crazy. I’ve never been adverse to the charms of Masterpiece ...

At and around the Shrewsbury abbey, Brother Cadfael is a monk with a difference. Given a choice, he would enjoy just being a simple gardener and herbalist for his home. However, too often events force ...

The train from London crossed the Severn River beneath the walls of Shrewsbury Castle and stopped at the station. A small band of women stepped onto the platform and began to organize themselves.

Cadfael tells the story of the medieval detective monk, looking for two missing children, Yves and Ermina Hugonin and their Nun tutor Sister Hilaria. Whilst also looking after Brother Elyas who was ...

In this unique mystery series based on the bestselling books by Ellis Peters, Sir Derek Jacobi (I, Claudius) stars as Brother Cadfael, a compassionate seeker of truth and justice in chaotic world ...

Brother Cadfael, 12th-century herbalist, sleuth and sometime cupid, outdoes himself in this, his 16th chronicle, in which Peters imbues the familiar territory of murder, young love and odious ...

In the winter of 1139 and amid civil war, Brother Cadfael sets out to find a missing boy and his sister ...

Cadfael is a lot like Law & Order: Game of Thrones, and is undoubtedly the most metal Masterpiece Mystery series of all time.