Seen on the PBS Mystery! series, this haunting tales stars Sir Derek Jacobi as Brother Cadfael, the crime-solving monk of medieval Shewsbury. When a fat, old baron and a beautiful, wealthy orphan are to be wed at the abbey, all of Shrewsbury turns out to see the unlikely pair ride into town. While she throws money to lepers by the road, he strikes out at them with his whip. Cadfael investigates when the baron ominously rides off on the eve of the wedding. watch
Monk's HoodPaid | Amazon Instant Video
Length: 01:16:00
Aired: 10/4/2003
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 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. watch
Monk's HoodPaid | Amazon Instant Video
Length: 01:16:00
Aired: 10/4/2003
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 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. watch