A Light on the Road to Woodstock

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Summary: A Great Prequel for those who love Brother Cadfael Mysteries
Review: This is a great little audio tape. I'm lucky that the copy of audio tape that I have has Derek Jacobi as the reader. He played Brother Cadfael in the recent TV series.

"The Light on the Road to Woodstock "is a prequel in that it tells the story of how Brother Cadfael ended up as a monk in the Abbey of Shrewsbury.

Cadfael is introduced in this story as a soldier for hire heading back from Normandy in 1140 AD in the employ of an arrogant and much disliked English Baron.

Cadfael has yet to become a Monk; he is at a Crossroads in his life and does not know what he will do once his service with the Baron ends.

In his company is a renegade monk, Alard who fled his monkish lifestyle when he was 15 years old and he is now hankering after his old life in Evesham. Together they accompany their Baron employer who has kept them on until he has completed some legal business in Shrewsbury.

It is from this point we are pulled into an intriguing mystery that includes a kidnapped Abbey Prior and a disputed Manor and village at the centre of it. Cadfael uses his shrewd understanding of human nature to unravel the clues and get to the bottom of the whole sorry business and along the way we are treated to a satisfying twist in the tale.

A great prequel well worth listening to as it gives many snippets of information about Cadfael's early life before he became a monk of Shrewsbury.

Rating:
Summary: A Great Prequel for those who love Brother Cadfael Mysteries
Review: This is a great little audio tape. I'm lucky that the copy of audio tape that I have has Derek Jacobi as the reader. He played Brother Cadfael in the recent TV series.

"The Light on the Road to Woodstock "is a prequel in that it tells the story of how Brother Cadfael ended up as a monk in the Abbey of Shrewsbury.

Cadfael is introduced in this story as a soldier for hire heading back from Normandy in 1140 AD in the employ of an arrogant and much disliked English Baron.

Cadfael has yet to become a Monk; he is at a Crossroads in his life and does not know what he will do once his service with the Baron ends.

In his company is a renegade monk, Alard who fled his monkish lifestyle when he was 15 years old and he is now hankering after his old life in Evesham. Together they accompany their Baron employer who has kept them on until he has completed some legal business in Shrewsbury.

It is from this point we are pulled into an intriguing mystery that includes a kidnapped Abbey Prior and a disputed Manor and village at the centre of it. Cadfael uses his shrewd understanding of human nature to unravel the clues and get to the bottom of the whole sorry business and along the way we are treated to a satisfying twist in the tale.

A great prequel well worth listening to as it gives many snippets of information about Cadfael's early life before he became a monk of Shrewsbury.