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The Potter's Field is a medieval mystery novel by Ellis Peters set in August to December 1143. It is the 17th volume of the Cadfael Chronicles and was first published in 1989. It was adapted for television in 1998 by Carlton Media and Central for ITV .
Cadfael is a British mystery television series, broadcast on ITV between 29 May 1994 and 28 December 1998, ... "The Potter's Field" focuses on Brother Ruald, a potter ...
The Cadfael Chronicles is a series of historical murder mysteries written by the linguist-scholar Edith Pargeter (1913–1995) under the name Ellis Peters. Set in the 12th century in England during the Anarchy, the novels focus on a Welsh Benedictine monk, Cadfael, who aids the law by investigating and solving murders.
Cadfael himself is a Welshman and uses patronymics in the Welsh fashion, naming himself Cadfael ap Meilyr ap Dafydd (Cadfael son of Meilyr son of Dafydd). He was born in May 1080 into a peasant community in Trefriw , near Conway in Caernarvonshire in north Wales, [ 8 ] and had at least one sibling, a younger brother.
A Rare Benedictine: The Advent of Brother Cadfael (September 1988, set in 1120) The Heretic's Apprentice (February 1989, set in June 1143) The Potter's Field (September 1989, set in August 1143) The Summer of the Danes (April 1991, set in April 1144) The Holy Thief (August 1992, set in February 1145) Brother Cadfael's Penance (May 1994, set in ...
The Potter's Field (Peters novel), a 1989 medieval mystery novel by Ellis Peters The Potter's Field, Season 4 Episode 2 of Cadfael based on the Peters novel; The Potter's Field (Camilleri novel), a 2008 novel by Andrea Camilleri; Potter's Field, a 2004 album by 12 Stones "Potters Field", a song from the 1993 album Sound of White Noise by Anthrax
The start of Geoffrey de Mandeville's story was told, in this series of novels, in The Potter's Field, the 17th Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. After King Stephen accused him of treason, revoked his title as Earl of Essex and took away his lands, Geoffrey de Mandeville responded by taking over the Ramsey Abbey in the Fens in East Anglia .
In 1120, King Henry's force is returning in triumph to England, having secured control of Normandy once again. Cadfael, an experienced man-at-arms in the service of Roger Maduit, one of Henry's knights, accompanies his lord back to England, at a loss to decide what to do with his life once his term of service with Roger expires in a few days.