The Dove of Death
By: Peter Tremayne
Series: A Sister Fidelma mystery -- 20
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
ISBN-13: 9780755347230
Subjects: Princes; Fiction; Pirates; Crimes against; History
Description: 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 ...