The council of the cursed
By: Peter Tremayne
Series: Tremayne, Peter. Sister Fidelma mysteries -- 19.
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780755328406; 9780755349180
Subjects: Fiction; History; Sister Fidelma (Fictitious character); Ireland; To 1172; Detective and mystery stories
Description: When Bishop Leodegar of Autun calls upon the church leaders from western Europe to attend a council, it is to be a meeting haunted by sudden death and intrigue. It's AD 670, and the Council of Autun is meeting to discuss serving a final devastating blow to the Celtic Church. But when a conflict between two delegate results in the murder of the chief delegate from Hibernia, the entire Council is in danger. Sister Fidelma and her companion, Brother Eadulf, arrive in Autun to act as advisors to the Irish delegation. Between the autocratic Bishop Leodegar and the malignant abbess, Mother Audofleda, a web of sinister intrigue soon spreads. The theft of a priceless reliquary box, the disappearance of women and children and rumours of a slave trade make this one of the most sinister puzzles that Fidelma and Eadulf have ever faced...