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The Second Death (Sister Fidelma Mysteries Book 26) Hardcover

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    Sister Fidelma Mysteries
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    6.5 x 1.26 x 9.49 inches
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1472208358
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781472208354
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1472208354
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.32 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.26 x 9.49 inches
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Peter Tremayne

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Peter Tremayne is the fiction pseudonym of Peter Berresford Ellis, a renowned Celtic scholar who has written over 30 books on the Ancient Celts and the Irish. As Tremayne, he is best known for his stories and novels featuring 7th century Irish religieuse Fidelma of Cashel. He lives in London.

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da hozey
5.0 out of 5 stars Favorite author
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2023
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Laura E.
4.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2017
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Better than the last one, though I was disappointed Fidelma and Eadulf were separated for most of the story. I did appreciate, however, the way Tremayne kept the tension at a high peak with the alternating storylines.

Since Fidelma normally hides her emotions, the part where she worried herself to tears regarding Eadulf's safety was sweetly, if clumsily, done. Nice to see Aidan and Enda playing a bigger part, but I did miss my favorite warrior, Gorman.

One problem I had with the book. If Ultan and Ultana were trying to travel inconspicuously to find the stone, even going so far as to disguise themselves as religious persons, why travel in a cart that is so memorable? Seemed like a plot contrivance created solely to help make Fidelma and Eadulf's task easier.

All in all, a pretty good entry in the series.
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Senator
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Great Sister Fidelma historical mystery series
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2018
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My Irish DNA loves all the Sister Fidelma historical mystery series and I recommend this one and all of them in what ever form you like. I happen to prefer audio CD.

Under the Peter Tremayne name, Ellis does a masterful job of taking you into the middle of the 7th century, mainly in Ireland and giving you a real taste of what it was like to live in that time, all while becoming involved with watching Sister Fidelma unwind a complex plot and subplots to solve the whodunit in a manner that is difficult for the reader to guess the end result. Great reading. Here is a bit about the author:

"Peter Berresford Ellis (born 10 March 1943) is a historian, literary biographer, and novelist who has published over 98 books to date either under his own name or his pseudonyms Peter Tremayne and Peter MacAlan. He has also published 100 short stories. Under Peter Tremayne, he is the author of the international bestselling Sister Fidelma historical mystery series. His work has appeared in 25 languages". -Wikipedia
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master gardener
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding, A Must buy for a mystery lover.
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2015
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I am only into the third chapter of the book but I was hooked by the end of the first page. As usual Tremayne's rich detail shines through and he makes you feel like you are one of the characters, of the book, who is along for the ride. After more than 20 novels featuring Sister Fidelma you would think the plots and stories and places would be getting a little old. It may just be that this is my favorite period of history or that I love mystery and suspense novels. But after all he has written I still can not wait for the next book. There are no mystery novels on the market today that deal with this time period better. I highly recommend this book but after reading it you will go buy all of the other books he has written on Sister Fidelma and you will enjoy them just as much.
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ARG
5.0 out of 5 stars Sister Fidelma is at it again. Eadulf comes across ...
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2016
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Sister Fidelma is at it again. Eadulf comes across a fiery accident on the road to Cashel when a traveling troupe has stopped because a wagon following their company has died after a freak fire. Except turns out there is a dead body in her wagon, the driver is a young woman dressed as a boy, and oh friend Eadulf suspects poison. On returning with the wagon to Cashel, Fidelma takes the case and decides that she must retrace the girl's path leading to a nasty conspiracy. I didn't anticipate the heart of the conspiracy, but the actual fire episode I had figured out early on having picked up on the pivotal clue. The deep dark conspiracy though I totally bought the red herring moves and false alliances.
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Mikki Mac
4.0 out of 5 stars Fidelma series
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2019
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must not have liked this book - mistakenly ordered it a second time so the storyline didnt stay with me as enjoyable
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Virginia Mulanax
5.0 out of 5 stars Fidelma solves another case.
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2016
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I really enjoy the Sister Fidelma stories. They take patience to read though because the author goes into lots of detail about Ancient Ireland and their customs, the developing conflict between the old ways and the new Roman ways. I often feel sad after reading one because historically the Irish at this time had laws and customs about marriage, crime, dealing with personal injury, rights of women that got swept away in the flood of change that the Roman church brought. The story as many of them is a bit convoluted and again Fidelma's mate gets taken prisoner and is separated from her. So this plot was a bit repetitive.
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comfy rules!
3.0 out of 5 stars Not great writing, but a great peek at history!
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2020
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In terms of writing and plot, this series does not hold a candle to, say, C.J. Sansom's Shardlake. Reduce expectations now. In addition, the central character is simply not likeable, and the author makes no attempt to make her sympathetic, so that's a tough one. And one is almost bored with people "grimacing" a bit too much, with Fidelma's "fiery" eyes (ahh, sci fi--)--BUT it is a FASCINATING peek into early medieval Ireland--and well worth reading for that reason.
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ornella
5.0 out of 5 stars giallo storico
Reviewed in Italy on August 10, 2018
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Impeccabile giallo storico, come del resto i romanzi di questo Autore; trama intrigante e personaggi ben delineati. un piacere per gli appassionati del genere!
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Guillaume
5.0 out of 5 stars un des meilleurs de la série
Reviewed in France on February 19, 2017
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Un excellent tome des aventures de nos deux enquêteurs Fidelma et Eadulf. Dans ce roman, Fidelma a moins le beau rôle que dans les précédents. elle paraît un peu trop sûre d'elle et loupe du coup des indices capitaux qui n'échapperont pas à Eadulf. Du coup ce dernier dépasse le second rôle pour accéder à un rôle de premier plan dans cette enquête.

J'ai particulièrement aimé la trame de cette enquête situé au moment où la religion catholique supplante l'ancienne religion qui conserve malgré tout des adeptes prêts à tout pour gagner le peuple à leur cause.

L'Irlande médiévale y est comme d'habitude extrêmement bien décrite.
C'est sans doute l'un des meilleurs tomes de la série.
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あづまるどん
4.0 out of 5 stars 夫婦喧嘩は犬も食わぬ
Reviewed in Japan on January 12, 2019
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旅芸人の一団がキャシェルで行われるお祭りのため荷馬車を連ねてやってきますが、一台の荷馬車が突然発火し、エイダルフと近衛兵Aidanは少女の死体を発見します。そして別の死体が同じ荷馬車から見つかり。。
謎を解くべくフィデルマとエイダルフは冷静沈着なAidanとお茶目な近衛兵Endaを伴い、この不審な荷馬車の足跡をたどり始めます。
仲直りしたはずの夫婦ですが、意地の張り合いが始まりまたもやエイダルフが頭を殴られる事態に。相当頭やられてるんじゃないでしょうか、エイダルフ。それにしても夫婦喧嘩に付き合わされる兵士たち、本当にいい迷惑です。
犯人はちょっと反則かなあ。エイダルフ大活躍、Endaに彼女ができたようです。
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Clemens Schoonderwoert
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb "Sister" Fidelma Mystery!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 30, 2016
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This very exciting and thrilling "Sister" Fidelma mystery is already the 26th volume of this wonderful series.
Once again the book has been thoroughly researched historically, and explained in a very clear fashion within the author's note, and as well you'll find a map of Fidelma's world of Muman (Munster) in the 7th Century AD.
Storytelling is as ever of an absolute top-quality, and because of that ability the author will keep you spellbound right till the end of the book.
All the characters come vividly to life within this thrilling mystery, and the story takes you smoothly along through all kinds of twists and turns to the point of accusation and guilt.
The book is just like its predecessor set in the year AD 671, and it starts around the time of the Great Fair of Beltain in the Kingdom of Muman.
The mystery itself really starts when a party of painted wagons arrive at the fortress of Cashel, when all of a sudden one of the wagons is set alight and two corpses are later found poisoned and dead within.
"Sister" Fidelma and her companion Brother Eadulf are summoned to start an investigation to the circumstances of the deaths of these two people, and while investigating this case it will finally take them to the marshlands of Osraige where the bloody origin of a certain revenge originates with the Abbey of Cainnech.
Fidelma and Eadulf have to face the symbolism of the Golden Stone as well as the mysterious members of the Fellowship of the Raven, before they can start identifying the culprit by entangling one by one the threads of this web of mysteries.
What will follow is an exciting and mysterious murder mystery where Fidelma and Eadulf have to use their wits to survive the mortal danger they have to face themselves, before they can finally indentify and accuse the person of all this evil against them and the Kingdom of Muman.
Highly recommended, for this is another "Superb "Sister" Fidelma Mystery"!
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rousseau bernard
4.0 out of 5 stars Je me vois mal dévoiler l'intrigue...
Reviewed in France on March 22, 2021
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Je l'ai lu pardi!
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