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Penance of the damned

"Ireland, AD 671. King Colgú of Cashel is shocked to learn that his loyal Chief Bishop and advisor has been murdered in the old enemy fortress of the Uí Fidgente. When word reaches Cashel that the culprit will be executed under new law, a larger conflict looms. Dispatched to investigate, Fide...

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Main Author: Tremayne, Peter (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Minotaur Books, 2017.
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Series: Mystery of ancient Ireland ; #27
Sister Fidelma novels. 27.
Subjects:
Fidelma, > Sister (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Women detectives > Ireland > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Catholics > Fiction.
Nuns > Fiction.
Ireland > History > To 1172 > Fiction.
Mystery fiction > Ireland
Historical fiction > Ireland.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Summary: "Ireland, AD 671. King Colgú of Cashel is shocked to learn that his loyal Chief Bishop and advisor has been murdered in the old enemy fortress of the Uí Fidgente. When word reaches Cashel that the culprit will be executed under new law, a larger conflict looms. Dispatched to investigate, Fidelma and her companion Eadulf discover that the man facing punishment is Gormán -- commander of the King's bodyguard. But Fidelma cannot believe Gormán would carry out such an act -- and yet he was found locked in a chamber with the body, weapon in hand. The evidence is stacked against him. If they are to exonerate Gormán and keep the peace between the kingdoms, Fidelma and Eadulf must find the true culprit. As the threat of war looms, the date of execution drawers ever closer..."--From publisher's website.
Physical Description: 338 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9781250119643 (hardcover)
1250119642 (hardcover)
Author Notes: Peter Tremayne is the fiction writing pseudonym of the Celtic scholar and author Peter Berresford Ellis, who was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, England on March 10, 1943. Even though he received a BA and an MA in Celtic Studies, he decided to become a journalist and worked at numerous weekly newspapers throughout England and Ireland. In 1968, he published is first book, Wales: A Nation Again, about the Welsh struggle for political independence. He became a full-time writer in 1975 and has published over 90 books under his own name and the pseudonyms Peter Tremayne and Peter MacAlan. One of his best known works under his real name is The Cornish Language and its Literature, which is considered the definitive history of the language. In 1988, he received an Irish Post Award in recognition of his services to Irish historical studies. Under the pseudonym Peter Tremayne, he writes the Sister Fidelma Mystery series. He received the French Prix Historia for the best historical mystery novel of 2010 for Le Concile des Maudits (The Council of the Cursed).

(Bowker Author Biography)

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