![]() ![]() Most know the hour of the night throughout the year by the position of the stars.” * Even the simple people are taught to know the sky and make simple astronomical observations in daily life. “Among our people the science of astrology has been far advanced. Can the solution to the mysteries avert such a conflict? ![]() More gruesome deaths follow and the friction among the clerics could end in civil war. However, the two are so unlike that their partnership is described as that of a wolf and a fox – but which is which? As an advocate of the Brehon Court, she is called on to investigate the murder with Brother Eadulf, of the Roman faction. When the Abbess Étain, a leading speaker for the Celtic Church, is found murdered suspicion inevitably rests on the Roman faction.Īttending the Synod is Fidelma, of the community of St Brigid of Kildare. Conspirators plot assassination, while mysterious, violent death stalks the shadowy cloisters of the Abbey of St Hilda. 3 / 5Īs the leading churchmen and women gather at the Synod of Whitby in 664 AD to debate the rival merits of the Celtic and Roman Churches, tempers begin to fray. I will happily read more from this series. Quick Review Full of historical detail and drama, Absolution by Murder is an interesting mystery and Sister Fidelma, an interesting main character. Absolution by Murder is the first book in the Sister Fidelma Mysteries by Peter Tremayne. ![]()
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