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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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Catholics, Women detectives, Detective and mystery stories, Sister Fidelma (Fictitious character), Nuns, Fiction, Catholics in fiction, Historical fiction, Great Britain in fiction, Women detectives in fiction, Nuns in fiction, Ireland in fiction, History, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Large type books, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Fidelma, sister (fictitious character), fiction, Nuns, fiction, Ireland, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Monastic and religious life of womenShowing 5 featured editions. View all 14 editions?
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Absolution by Murder (A Mystery of Ancient Ireland)
September 1, 1997, Signet
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0451192990 9780451192998
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Absolution by murder: a Sister Fidelma mystery
1996, St. Martin's Press
in English
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0312139187 9780312139186
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