A Morbid Taste for Bones audiobook by Ellis Peters read by Glyn Houston. Movie length.
A Morbid Taste for Bones (1977) takes place in 1137 AD, 840 years before the book’s publication date. Brother Cadfael lives at the monastery of Shrewsbury, growing herbs for medicinal purposes which he learned from Muslims while crusading. When a local landowner is murdered, Cadfael, who is also a sleuth, takes up the case. A Morbid taste for Bones is the first of 20 Cadfael novels which were very popular and later used to create a TV series starring Derek Jacobi (who reads 1984 here on GBOT). The Wall Street Journal ranked A Morbid Taste for Bones as “one of the five best historical novels.” Enjoy!
Ellis Peters, pen name for Edith Pargeter. (1913-1995) was born in Horsehay, Shropshire, England the year before WWI broke out. Growing up, Edith attended Dawley Church of England School and a High School for Girls. During WW2, Miss Pargeter worked as a teleprinter operator as a member of the Women’s Royal Naval Service. Following the war Miss Pargeter learned Czech and translated books by noted Czech authors into English. Also following the war, Edith Pargeter was able to support herself with her writings of novels, short stories, and articles for magazines. Her most famous work, the Brother Cadfael Medieval Mysteries was written under the pseudonym Ellis Peters. The first book, i.e. this one, came out when she was 64 years old, and she continued to write about Cadfael’s investigations with the last novel published a year before her death.
Glyn Houston (1925-2019) was born in the mining town of Tonypandy, Wales. Mr. Houston was a character actor with 187 credits on TV and film. He performed in British television including; Inspector Morse, Freud, Dr. Who, Keep it in the Family, and The Long Chase. On the big screen he was seen in; The Mystery of Edwin Drood (based on Charles Dicken’s last novel), The Sea Wolves, Turn the Key Softly, and The Cruel Sea (of which an excellent audiobook version is here on GBOT).