Peter Tremayne, de son vrai nom Peter Berresford Ellis, est passionné de culture celte. Né le 10 mars 1943, il s'est fait connaître avec des récits fantastiques fondés sur les mythes et légendes celtiques et reçoit en 1988 l'Irish Post Award, en reconnaissance de ses apports importants à l'étude de l'Histoire irlandaise. Entre 1983 et 1993, il écrit huit thrillers sous le nom de Peter MacAlan, puis se lance dans la rédaction des " Mystères de Sœur Fidelma ", série qui compte aujourd'hui vingt-sept titres, dont Maître des âmes, lauréat du prix Historia du roman policier historique 2010.
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ABSOLUTION BY MURDER is the brilliant and evocative first novel in Peter Tremayne's Sister Fidelma series, bringing 7th-century Ireland vividly to life.
PRAISE FOR ABSOLUTION BY MURDER: 'In the simultaneously sharp-tongued and full womanly figure of Sister Fidelma, Tremayne has created a heroine whom many readers will willingly follow. Even Brother Cadfael might have tolerated her' Kirkus Reviews
As the leading churchmen and women gather at the Synod of Whitby in 664AD to debate the rival merits of the Celtic and Roman Churches, tempers begin to fray. Conspirators plot an assassination, while mysterious, violent death stalks the shadowy cloisters of the Abbey of St Hilda. When the Abbess Etain, a leading speaker for the Celtic Church, is found murdered suspicion inevitably rests on the Roman faction.
Attending the Synod is Fidelma, of the community of St Brigid of Kildare. As an advocate of the Brehon Court, she is called on to investigate the murder with Brother Eadulf, of the Roman faction. However, the two are so unlike that their partnership is described as that of a wolf and a fox - but which is which?
More gruesome deaths follow and the friction among the clerics could end in civil war. Can the solution to the mysteries avert such a conflict?
What readers are saying about ABSOLUTION OF MURDER:
'Superb storytelling from a usually neglected era. Read this and you will certainly want to read the rest of this excellent series'
'I was transported back in time; Peter Tremayne brought the location and characters to life'
'The story moves forward with Fidelma weaving her way through to the end with skill and intelligence. Well worth reading'
Título : Absolution by Murder (Sister Fidelma Mysteries Book 1)
EAN : 9780755382828
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