The Dove of Death (Sister Fidelma Mysteries Book 20): An unputdownable medieval mystery of murder and mayhem
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Dove of Death (Sister Fidelma Mysteries Book 20): An unputdownable medieval mystery of murder and mayhem
By (Author) Peter Tremayne
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Book Publishing
1st May 2011
4th February 2010
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
823.914
Physical Properties
Paperback
448
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 28mm
316g
Description
The gripping new novel in the internationally renowned Sister Fidelma crime series.
AD 670. An Irish merchant ship is attacked by a pirate vessel off the coast of the Breton peninsular. Murchad, the captain, and a prince from the kingdom of Muman, are killed in cold blood after they have surrendered. Among the other passengers who manage to escape the slaughter are Sister Fidelma of Cashel and her faithful companion, Brother Eadulf. The prince was Fidelma's cousin and she is determined to bring the killers to justice...Reviews
Praise for Peter Tremayne's novels: 'Wonderfully evocative * The Times *
A brilliant and beguiling heroine. Immensely appealing, difficult to put down * Publishers Weekly *
Definitely an Ellis Peter competitor...the background detail is marvellous * Evening Standard *
Well-paced and suspenseful, sprinkled with Old Irish terms and fascinating details of early Irish life...Fidelma is a an original and complex character...An Irish heroine for both the seventh and twenty-first centuries * Books Ireland *
Author Bio
Peter Tremayne is the fiction pseudonym of a well-known authority on the ancient Celts, who has utilised his knowledge of the Brehon law system and 7th-Century Irish society to create a new concept in detective fiction.
