• The Adventures of Brother Cadfael

  • A Collection of Chronicles
  • By: Ellis Peters
  • Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi
  • Length: 17 hrs and 51 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (348 ratings)

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The Adventures of Brother Cadfael

By: Ellis Peters
Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi
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Publisher's summary

A collection of chronicles including The Summer of the Danes, Brother Cadfael's Penance, The Heretic's Apprentice, Monk's Hood, The Potter's Field, Saint Peter's Fair.

©1980, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995 Ellis Peters (P)1996, 2014 Dove Audio, Phoenix Books

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A fabulous collection of stories; great narration

These are GREAT stories. I love the characters,the tales are intriguing, and it's great historical fiction.

If you like either light mystery, historical fiction, or just a good story, you should love these.

Derek Jacobi is perfect as the narrator.

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Wonderful!

As expected, an exceptional performance by Sir Derek. It is a great story too, very intriguing!

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Sir Derek Jacobi is a treasure.

I wish Sir Derek Jacobi had recorded more Brother Cadfael stories. There are others available, but he doesn't read & perform on those.

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The Wonderful Collection of these remastered gems...

Sir Derek Jacobi has again leant his clear, expressive voice to Brother Cadfael. The author has written great stories and Sir Derek has performed with what seems to be such ease. It takes a moment to appreciate the skill of both.

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Derek Jacobi

Wonderful performance of a great period-piece. Warm and cozy story-telling of some of Peter's best work.

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Excellent

So appreciate Derek Jacobi’s presentation of these incredible stories. Engaging and well performed and true to the stories.

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Superlative storytelling!

So lovely to hear Jacobi reading of a character he played so well on PBS. I will certainly come back to listen to this collection again.

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Well worth the time

Getting to hear these stories in the voice of the man who made the character come alive on TV was a real pleasure. I especially appreciated the chance to hear him do Brother Cadfael’s Penance since that book was never translated to the screen. Still, I wish he’d read all the books in the series. That would have been priceless.

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Satisfying entertainment

The reading of Derek Jacobi lends these somewhat condensed versions of the stories a virtually seamless rendering. Satisfying and enjoyable entertainment. Jacobi ‘s voice is marvelous.

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Such a satisfying bunch of stories

I love the Brother Cadfael stories on television. This was different but good. I recommend them.

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