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Monk's Hood

The Third Chronicle of Brother Cadfael

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Monk's Hood

By: Ellis Peters
Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi
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About this listen

It is December in the Year of our Lord 1138 when Gervase Bonel dies after eating sauce laced with poison served which had been served with a partridge. The active ingredient found in the sauce was monkshood, poison if ingested and otherwise known as Wolfsbane. Brother Cadfael made the oil. Who used it as poison? Cadfael assesses the motives of Bonel’s Welsh natural son and his stepson, and deals with Bonel’s widow, who at one time long ago was Cadfae's sweetheart. Drawing upon his knowledge of both herbs and the human heart, Cadfael ultimately uncovers a deadly recipe for murder.

Tony Award-winning actor Derek Jacobi narrates, and his telling of this heartfelt yet sinister story brings the characters to life in this third chronicle of Brother Cadfael.

©1996 Ellis Peters (P)1996 Phoenix Books, Inc. Amateur Sleuths Historical Mystery Traditional Detectives Fiction Detective Heartfelt Suspense

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Another brilliant story and wonderfully narrated by Derek Jacobi. Good to get some more backstory on cadfaels past

Great storytelling

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Terrific author and marvellous story. brought to life by.a first class narrator. hope I can get the full series

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