In summer of 1144, a strange calm has settled over England. The armies of King Stephen and Empress Maudhave temporarily exhausted each other. Brother Cadfael, herbalist-sleuth of Shrewsbury's Benedictine Abbey, agrees to accompany wise young Brother Mark on Church business in Wales. But the brothers soon find themselves caught up in yet another feud. A Welsh prince has banished his brother, accusing him of the treacherous murder of an ally, and the country teeters on the brink of civil war. Cadfael is captured by Dane mercenaries and becomes entangled in the affairs of a young woman desperate to escape an arranged marriage. Before he can untangle such domestic passions, Cadfael has to survive the royal brotherly quarrel that could plunge an entire kingdom into deadly chaos.

Ellis Peters was the pseudonym of Edith Mary Pargeter (1913-1995), a British author whose Chronicles of Brother Cadfael are credited with popularizing the historical mystery. Pargeter won an Edgar Award in 1963 for Death and the Joyful Woman, and in 1994 she was appointed an officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Sir Derek Jacobi is an Emmy and BAFTA-award winning actor with more than 100 films and television credits, including I, Claudius; Last Tango in Halifax; and Gladiator. He was knighted in 1994.

Ellis Peters

The Summer of the Danes

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