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Brother Cadfael is the fictional main character in a series of historical murder mysteries written by Edith Pargeter under the name "Ellis Peters". Cadfael himself is a Welsh Benedictine monk living at Shrewsbury Abbey during the 12th century. In all, twenty books were published between 1977 and 1994 featuring Cadfael. Many of them were subsequently adapted into both radio episodes and a television series starring Derek Jacobi.