Cadfael Monks Hood

Product Description Brother Cadfael's secular past collides with his cloistered present in this story about possession and love. When a wealthy landowner decides to disinherit his stepson, Shrewsbury Abbey stands to benefit. But before Gervase Bonel can make the transfer fin From the Back Cover Brother Cadfael's secular past collides with his cloistered present in this story about possession and love. When a wealthy landowner decides to cut his stepson out of his will, Shrewsbury Abbey stands to benefit. But before Gervase Gurney can make the transfer final, he is poisoned by food prepared in the abbey. The dead man's widow is Cadfael's own childhood sweetheart, whom he last saw 40 years before when he left for the Crusades, promising he would be back to marry her. Twelfth-century Shrewsbury comes to life in Ellis Peters' Cadfael stories, a PBS Mystery! favorite starring Sir Derek Jacobi. DVD SPECIAL FEATURES AND EXTRAS INCLUDE exclusive audio comments by Derek Jacobi, Ellis Peters biography and booklist, production scrapbook, closed captions, filmographies and scene index.