Absolution by murder
a Sister Fidelma mystery
1st U.S. ed.
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Publication
1996 - St. Martin's Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
68,500 words, Guess
Page Count
274 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveabsolutionbymurd00trem_0
- ISBN-100312139187
- ISBN-139780312139186
- LibraryThing157892
- Library of Congress Control Number95030040
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780312139186
- Open LibraryOL794251M
Classifications
- DDC823/.914
- LCCPR6070.R366 A625 1996
- LCCPR6070.R366A625 1996
Description
Sister Fidelma Mystery series #1 In A.D. 664, King Oswy of Northumbria has convened a synod at Whitby to hear debate between the Roman and Celtic Christian churches and decide which shall be granted primacy in his kingdom. At stake is much more than a few disputed points of ritual; Oswy's decision could affect the survival of either church in the Saxon kingdoms. When the Abbess Etain, a leading speaker for the Celtic church, is found murdered, suspicion falls upon the Roman faction. In order to diffuse the tensions that threaten to erupt into civil war, Oswy turns to Sister Fidelma of the Celtic Church (Irish and an advocate for the Brehon Court) and Brother Eadulf of the Roman church (from east Anglia and of a family of hereditary magistrates) to find the killer. But as further murders occur and a treasonous plot against Oswy matures, Fidelma and Eadulf soon find themselves running out of time.
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